Vulnerability · Published Apr 19, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-30611Reaction metadata exposed in private topics in Discourse-reactions

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in discourse-reactions from discourse. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 63.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post in the Discourse messaging platform. In affected versions data about what reactions were performed on a post in a private topic could be leaked. This issue has been addressed in version 0.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the discourse-reactions plugin to fully mitigate the issue.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
discourse discourse-reactions >= 0.2, < 0.3

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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