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.
Affected products
1- Range: < 2.8.14
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/692329896ac64d8581947e977202c243eef3b5a2mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-5rq6-466r-6mr9mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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