CVE-2022-41944 Discourse users can see notifications for topics they no longer have access to
Attackers can view notifications for restricted topics, potentially exposing sensitive information in topic titles to unauthorized users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-41944?
CVE-2022-41944 is a low-severity vulnerability in Discourse Discourse, published on 28 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In stable versions prior to 2.8.12 and beta or tests-passed versions prior to 2.9.0.beta.13, under certain conditions, a user can see notifications for topics they no longer have access to. If there is sensitive information in the topic title, it will therefore have been exposed. This issue is patched in stable version 2.8.12, beta version 2.9.0.beta13, and tests-passed version 2.9.0.beta13. There are no workarounds available.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41944?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including discourse. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
discourse Bitnami | All versions | 2.8.12 |
Products include Discourse Discourse.
How do I fix CVE-2022-41944?
Upgrade discourse to 2.8.12 or later.
Is CVE-2022-41944 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41944 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Discourse Discourse
- 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-2022-41944, GHSA-354r-jpj5-53c2.