Discourse: Secret Category Disclosure via Backgrounds
CVE-2024-28242 Published on March 15, 2024
Disclosure of the existence of secret categories with custom backgrounds in Discourse
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can learn that secret categories exist when they have backgrounds set. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should temporarily remove category backgrounds.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-28242 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. 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.
Weakness Type
What is an Information Disclosure Vulnerability?
The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.
CVE-2024-28242 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-28242
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Affected Versions
discourse:- Version stable <= 3.2.0 is affected.
- Version beta <= 3.3.0.beta1 is affected.
- Version tests-passed <= 3.3.0.beta1 is affected.
- Before and including 3.2.0 is affected.
- Version beta, <= 3.3.0.beta1 is affected.
- Version tests-passed, <= 3.3.0.beta1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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