Discourse Hidden Tag Disclosure: Insecure Tag Visibility Vulnerability
CVE-2024-45297 Published on October 7, 2024
Prevent topic list filtering by hidden tags for unauthorized users in Discourse
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-45297 can be exploited 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
Improper Privilege Management
The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-45297
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Affected Versions
discourse:- Version stable: < 3.3.2 is affected.
- Version beta: < 3.4.0.beta2 is affected.
- Version stable and below 3.3.2 is affected.
- Version beta and below 3.4.0.beta2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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.