High severity · published Mar 15, 2024
CVE-2024-28242
Disclosure of the existence of secret categories with custom backgrounds in Discourse
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can learn that secret categories exist when they have backgrounds set. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should temporarily remove category backgrounds.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
discourse · discourse
stable <= 3.2.0; beta <= 3.3.0.beta1; tests-passed <= 3.3.0.beta1 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28242
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28242
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b425fbc2a28341a5627928f963519006712c3d39
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c7q7-7f6q-2c23
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