CVE-2023-25169 Yearly Review Plugin leaking anonymised users data in discourse-yearly-review
Anonymized user data remains linked to original accounts in Yearly Review topics, allowing potential identification of users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-25169?
CVE-2023-25169 is a low-severity vulnerability in discourse-yearly-review, published on 6 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
discourse-yearly-review is a discourse plugin which publishes an automated Year in Review topic. In affected versions a user present in a yearly review topic that is then anonymised will still have some data linked to its original account. This issue has been patched in commit `b3ab33bbf7` which is included in the latest version of the Discourse Yearly Review plugin. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable the `yearly_review_enabled` setting to fully mitigate the issue. Also, it's possible to edit the anonymised user's old data in the yearly review topics manually.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25169?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Discourse Discourse Yearly Review.
How do I fix CVE-2023-25169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-25169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25169 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2r8-v85c-x3x7.