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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2022-24782 EUVD-2022-29598

Secure category names leaked via user activity export in Discourse

Published Mar 24, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions 2.8.2 and prior in the `stable` branch, 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `beta` branch, and 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `tests-passed` branch are vulnerable to a data leak. Users can request an export of their own activity. Sometimes, due to category settings, they may have category membership for a secure category. The name of this secure category is shown to the user in the export. The same thing occurs when the user's post has been moved to a secure category. A patch for this issue is available in the `main` branch of Discourse's GitHub repository and is anticipated to be part of future releases.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse stable <= 2.8.2, beta <= 2.9.0.beta3, tests-passed <= 2.9.0.beta3 —

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