CVE-2023-30611 (GCVE-0-2023-30611)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-19 17:21 – Updated: 2025-02-05 14:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Reaction metadata exposed in private topics in Discourse-reactions
Summary
Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post in the Discourse messaging platform. In affected versions data about what reactions were performed on a post in a private topic could be leaked. This issue has been addressed in version 0.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the discourse-reactions plugin to fully mitigate the issue.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-05 14:51 UTC
CWE
- CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions/… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| discourse | discourse-reactions |
Affected:
>= 0.2, < 0.3
|
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