Group advanced search option may leak group and group's members visibility
Description
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Discourse groups can be configured with varying visibility levels for the group as well as the group members. By default, a newly created group has its visibility set to public and the group's members visibility set to public as well. However, a group's visibility and the group's members visibility can be configured such that it is restricted to logged on users, members of the group or staff users. A vulnerability has been discovered in versions prior to 2.7.13 and 2.8.0.beta11 where the group advanced search option does not respect the group's visibility and members visibility level. As such, a group with restricted visibility or members visibility can be revealed through search with the right search option. This issue is patched in stable version 2.7.13, beta version 2.8.0.beta11, and tests-passed version 2.8.0.beta11 versions of Discourse. There are no workarounds aside from upgrading.
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Affected products
3<2.7.13 || =2.8.0.beta* <2.8.0.beta11+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.7.13 || =2.8.0.beta* <2.8.0.beta11
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.13
Patches
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References
2- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fff8b98485561b12d070c0a8c39f4e503813ab44mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-768r-ppv4-5r27mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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