Discourse Doc Categories Plugin: Unauthorized Title Disclosure via Index Refresh
CVE-2026-57447 Published on October 16, 2026
Discourse Doc Categories: Doc category index refresh leaks private topic titles
Discourse Doc Categories is a plugin for organizing Discourse topics as documentation. Prior to the verified source fix, the doc category index refresh resolves linked titles for private messages or restricted category topics without enforcing the viewer's authorization. A user who can edit the index topic can use this behavior to learn titles that the user is not authorized to view, although the advisory does not establish access to topic contents. This vulnerability is addressed by commit b15d4de02ad29d7c9525346afee51fef4a2c605a.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-57447 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.
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-2026-57447 has been classified to as an Information Disclosure vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-57447
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