What is CVE-2022-23546?

CVE-2022-23546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2022-23546?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Discourse

CVE-2022-23546

In version 2.9.0.beta14 of Discourse, an open-source discussion platform, maliciously embedded urls can leak an admin's digest of recent topics, possibly exposing private information. A patch is available for version 2.9.0.beta15. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Discourse — versions 2.9.0, = 2.9.0.beta14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23546?: CVE-2022-23546 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-23546?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.