Discourse Reactions Plugin Notification Data Exposure (CVE202349098)
CVE-2023-49098 Published on January 12, 2024

Reaction data for user notifications exposed in Discourse-reactions
Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post. Data about a user's reaction notifications could be exposed. This vulnerability was patched in commit 2c26939.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-49098 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2023-49098 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-49098

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Affected Versions

discourse-reactions Version < commit 2c26939 is affected by CVE-2023-49098

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.18%
Percentile
38.99%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.