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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2022-21678 EUVD-2022-26890

User's bio visible even if profile is restricted in Discourse

Published Jan 13, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `tests-passed` branch, version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `beta` branch, and version 2.7.13 in the `stable` branch, the bios of users who made their profiles private were still visible in the `<meta>` tags on their users' pages. The problem is patched in `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `stable` version 2.7.13 of Discourse.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse < 2.7.13, < 2.8.0.beta11 —

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