CVE-2022-21642
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions when composing a message from topic the composer user suggestions reveals whisper participants. The issue has been patched in stable version 2.7.13 and beta version 2.8.0.beta11. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- BIT-discourse-2022-21642Exposure of whisper participants in discourse2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions when composing a message from topic the composer user suggestions reveals whisper participants. The issue has been patched in stable version 2.7.13 and beta version 2.8.0.beta11. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/702685b6a06ae45a544fc702027f1e4573d94aaacnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mx3h-vc7w-r9c6cnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/702685b6a06ae45a544fc702027f1e4573d94aaaenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mx3h-vc7w-r9c6enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/702685b6a06ae45a544fc702027f1e4573d94aaaPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mx3h-vc7w-r9c6PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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