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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 5, 2023· Updated Mar 10, 2025

Discourse vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting through tag descriptions

CVE-2023-22455

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, tag descriptions, which can be updated by moderators, can be used for cross-site scripting attacks. This vulnerability can lead to a full XSS on sites which have modified or disabled Discourse’s default Content Security Policy. Versions 2.8.14 and 3.0.0.beta16 contain a patch.

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