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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:04

Modified

2026-09-10 15:46

Summary

Discourse moderators can edit themes via the API

Details

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the stable branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the beta and tests-passed branches, a moderator can create new and edit existing themes by using the API when they should not be able to do so. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the stable branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
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        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.8.9"
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          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-36068"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a moderator can create new and edit existing themes by using the API when they should not be able to do so. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2022-36068",
  "modified": "2026-09-10T15:46:03.895Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:04:46.895Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ae1e536e83940d58f1c79b835c75c249121c46b6"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18418"
    },
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36068"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Discourse moderators can edit themes via the API"
}

CVE-2022-36068 (GCVE-0-2022-36068)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-29 19:45 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:53

Title

Discourse moderators can edit themes via the API

Summary

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a moderator can create new and edit existing themes by using the API when they should not be able to do so. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

Severity

7.2 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7645 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18418	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ae1…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
discourse	discourse	Affected: < 2.8.9 Affected: >= 2.9.0.beta0, < 2.9.0.beta10

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