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High · 7.1 CVE-2022-46148 EUVD-2022-48984

Discourse allows self-XSS through malicious composer message

Published Nov 29, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open-source messaging platform. In versions 2.8.10 and prior on the `stable` branch and versions 2.9.0.beta11 and prior on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, users composing malicious messages and navigating to drafts page could self-XSS. This vulnerability can lead to a full XSS on sites which have modified or disabled Discourse’s default Content Security Policy. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse <= 2.8.10, >= 2.9.0.beta1, <= 2.9.0.beta11 —

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