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High · 8.8 CVE-2022-46162 EUVD-2022-48993

Discourse BBCode plugin vulnerable to arbitrary CSS injection

Published Nov 30, 2022 · Updated Apr 22, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

discourse-bbcode is the official BBCode plugin for Discourse. Prior to commit 91478f5, CSS injection can occur when rendering content generated with the discourse-bccode plugin. This vulnerability only affects sites which have the discourse-bbcode plugin installed and enabled. This issue is patched in commit 91478f5. As a workaround, ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled and monitor any posts that contain bbcode.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse-bbcode < 91478f5cfecdcc43cf85b997168a8ecfd0f8df90 —

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