Information disclosure in Discourse

CVE-2023-23935

Discourse is an open-source messaging platform. In versions 3.0.1 and prior on the `stable` branch and versions 3.1.0.beta2 and prior on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, the count of personal messages displayed for a tag is a count of all personal messages regardless of whether the personal message is visible to a given user. As a result, any users can technically poll a sensitive tag to determine if a new personal message is created even if the user does not have access to the personal message. In the patched versions, the count of personal messages tagged with a given tag is hidden by default. To revert to the old behaviour of displaying the count of personal messages for a given tag, an admin may enable the `display_personal_messages_tag_counts` site setting.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-23935: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Discourse — versions 2.4.0, 3.1.0, tests-passed <= 3.1.0.beta2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23935?
CVE-2023-23935 is a low-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-23935?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.