Vulnerability CVE-2023-22453


Published: 2023-01-05

Description:
Discourse is an option source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.14 on the `stable` branch and version 3.0.0.beta16 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, the number of times a user posted in an arbitrary topic is exposed to unauthorized users through the `/u/username.json` endpoint. The issue is patched in version 2.8.14 and 3.0.0.beta16. There is no known workaround.

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

 References:
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-xx97-6494-p2rv
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cbcf8a064b4889a19c991641e09c399bfa1ef2ad

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