Information disclosure in Discourse
CVE-2023-45147
Discourse is an open source community platform. In affected versions any user can create a topic and add arbitrary custom fields to a topic. The severity of this vulnerability depends on what plugins are installed and how the plugins uses topic custom fields. For a default Discourse installation with the default plugins, this vulnerability has no impact. The problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to update to version 3.1.1 if they are on the stable branch or 3.2.0.beta2 if they are on the beta branch. Users unable to upgrade should disable any plugins that access topic custom fields.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Discourse — versions beta: <= 3.2.0.beta2, <= 3.1.1, 3.2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-45147?
- CVE-2023-45147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-10-16.
- How severe is CVE-2023-45147?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.