CVE-2024-45297 (GCVE-0-2024-45297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-07 20:24 – Updated: 2024-10-08 18:13
VLAI
Title
Prevent topic list filtering by hidden tags for unauthorized users in Discourse
Summary
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Users can see topics with a hidden tag if they know the label/name of that tag. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
discourse discourse Affected: stable: < 3.3.2
Affected: beta: < 3.4.0.beta2
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discourse discourse Affected: stable , < 3.3.2 (custom)
Affected: beta , < 3.4.0.beta2 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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