Low severity · published Nov 10, 2023
CVE-2023-45816
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion
3.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 3.1.3 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, there is an edge case where a bookmark reminder is sent and an unread notification is generated, but the underlying bookmarkable (e.g. post, topic, chat message) security has changed, making it so the user can no longer access the underlying resource. As of version 3.1.3 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, bookmark reminders are now no longer sent if the user does not have access to the underlying bookmarkable, and also the unread bookmark notifications are always filtered by access. There are no known workarounds.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
before 3.1.3; before 3.2.0; 3.2.0; 3.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45816
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45816
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2c45b949ea0e9d6fa8e5af2dd07f6521ede08bf1
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3c5fb871c0f54af47679ae71ad449666b01d8216
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v9r6-92wp-f6cf
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