Discourse Reactions Plugin Exposes Whisper Content on /u/:usr activity
CVE-2024-31219 Published on April 15, 2024

Discourse-reactions' reaction data and public topic whisper content exposed on reactions given user activity page
Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post. When whispers are enabled on a site via `whispers_allowed_groups` and reactions are made on whispers on public topics, the contents of the whisper and the reaction data are shown on the `/u/:username/activity/reactions` endpoint.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-31219 can be exploited with network access, and requires 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:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

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-2024-31219 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

discourse-reactions Version < 0.5 is affected by CVE-2024-31219

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.19%
Percentile
41.27%

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.