CVE-2022-46159

MEDIUM4.3EPSS 0.34%

Any authenticated Discourse user can create an unlisted topic

Published: 3/6/2024Modified: 11/6/2025

Also known as:GHSA-qf99-xpx6-hgxpBIT-discourse-2022-46159

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In version 2.8.13 and prior on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta14 and prior on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, any authenticated user can create an unlisted topic. These topics, which are not readily available to other users, can take up unnecessary site resources. A patch for this issue is available in the `main` branch of Discourse. There are no known workarounds available.

Affected packages (1)

Bitnami/discoursefrom 0, < 2.8.14

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References (3)

WEBhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0ce38bd7bce862db251b882613ab7053ca777382
WEBhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-qf99-xpx6-hgxp
WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46159