Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2022· Updated Apr 23, 2025
Exposure of whisper participants in discourse
CVE-2022-21642
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions when composing a message from topic the composer user suggestions reveals whisper participants. The issue has been patched in stable version 2.7.13 and beta version 2.8.0.beta11. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade.
Affected products
1- Range: < 2.7.13
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/702685b6a06ae45a544fc702027f1e4573d94aaamitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mx3h-vc7w-r9c6mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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