CVE-2022-21678
mediumpriority · track · 17OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `tests-passed` branch, version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `beta` branch, and version 2.7.13 in the `stable` branch, the bios of users who made their profiles private were still visible in the `<meta>` tags on their users' pages. The problem is patched in `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `stable` version 2.7.13 of Discourse.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-discourse-2022-21678User's bio visible even if profile is restricted in Discourse2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `tests-passed` branch, version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `beta` branch, and version 2.7.13 in the `stable` branch, the bios of users who made their profiles private were still visible in the `<meta>` tags on their users' pages. The problem is patched in `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `stable` version 2.7.13 of Discourse.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5e2e178fcfb490c37b9f8bb9f737185441b1d6decnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c0bb775f3f35b1b0d04a5b2a984f57c3e39f9e6ccnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jwww-46gv-564mcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21678cnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5e2e178fcfb490c37b9f8bb9f737185441b1d6deenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c0bb775f3f35b1b0d04a5b2a984f57c3e39f9e6cenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jwww-46gv-564menisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5e2e178fcfb490c37b9f8bb9f737185441b1d6dePatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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