CVE-2022-24804 Private group name exposure in discourse
Attackers can view names of restricted groups if used in category permissions, exposing sensitive metadata to unauthorized users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-24804?
CVE-2022-24804 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse Discourse, published on 11 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In stable versions prior to 2.8.3 and beta versions prior 2.9.0.beta4 erroneously expose groups. When a group with restricted visibility has been used to set the permissions of a category, the name of the group is leaked to any user that is able to see the category. To workaround the problem, a site administrator can remove groups with restricted visibility from any category's permissions setting.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-24804?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including discourse. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
discourse Bitnami | All versions | 2.8.3 |
Products include Discourse Discourse.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24804?
Upgrade discourse to 2.8.3 or later.
Is CVE-2022-24804 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-24804 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-41163 RCE via malicious SNS subscription payload
- CVE-2022-36066 Discourse vulnerable to RCE via admins uploading maliciously zipped file
- CVE-2022-39356 Discourse user account takeover via email and invite link
- CVE-2023-22468 Discourse vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in local oneboxes
- CVE-2026-27934 Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint
Sources
Also known as BIT-discourse-2022-24804, GHSA-v4c9-6m9g-37ff.