High severity · published Jun 25, 2025
CVE-2025-49845
Discourse users are able to see their own whispers even after being removed from a group that has been configured to see whispers
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. The visibility of posts typed `whisper` is controlled via the `whispers_allowed_groups` site setting. Only users that belong to groups specified in the site setting are allowed to view posts typed `whisper`. However, it has been discovered that users of versions prior to 3.4.6 on the `stable` branch and prior to 3.5.0.beta8-dev on the `tests-passed` branch can continue to see their own whispers even after losing visibility of posts typed `whisper`. This issue is patched in versions 3.4.6 and 3.5.0.beta8-dev. No known workarounds are available.
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)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
discourse · discourse
< 3.4.6; >= 3.5.0.beta0-dev, < 3.5.0.beta8-dev · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49845
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49845
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-79qw-r73r-69gf
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