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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:07

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

User's bio visible even if profile is restricted in Discourse

Details

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.0.beta11 in the tests-passed branch, version 2.8.0.beta11 in the beta branch, and version 2.7.13 in the stable branch, the bios of users who made their profiles private were still visible in the <meta> tags on their users' pages. The problem is patched in tests-passed version 2.8.0.beta11, beta version 2.8.0.beta11, and stable version 2.7.13 of Discourse.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.7.13"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-21678"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `tests-passed` branch, version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `beta` branch, and version 2.7.13 in the `stable` branch, the bios of users who made their profiles private were still visible in the `\u003cmeta\u003e` tags on their users\u0027 pages. The problem is patched in `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `stable` version 2.7.13 of Discourse.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2022-21678",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:07:57.572Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5e2e178fcfb490c37b9f8bb9f737185441b1d6de"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c0bb775f3f35b1b0d04a5b2a984f57c3e39f9e6c"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jwww-46gv-564m"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21678"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "User\u0027s bio visible even if profile is restricted in Discourse"
}

CVE-2022-21678 (GCVE-0-2022-21678)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-13 17:30 – Updated: 2025-04-23 19:13

Title

User's bio visible even if profile is restricted in Discourse

Summary

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `tests-passed` branch, version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `beta` branch, and version 2.7.13 in the `stable` branch, the bios of users who made their profiles private were still visible in the `<meta>` tags on their users' pages. The problem is patched in `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `stable` version 2.7.13 of Discourse.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 14:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5e2…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c0b…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
discourse	discourse	Affected: < 2.7.13 Affected: < 2.8.0.beta11

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