What is CVE-2023-34250?

CVE-2023-34250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-34250?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Discourse

CVE-2023-34250

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, an attacker could use the new topics dismissal endpoint to reveal the number of topics recently created (but not the actual content thereof) in categories they didn't have access to. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Discourse — versions < 3.0.4, 3.1.0, >= 3.1.0.beta1, < 3.1.0.beta5

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-34250?: CVE-2023-34250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-34250?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.