Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 13, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-34250
CVE-2023-34250
Description
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the beta and tests-passed branches, an attacker could use the new topics dismissal endpoint to reveal the number of topics recently created (but not the actual content thereof) in categories they didn't have access to. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*range: <3.0.4
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta3:*:*:beta:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta4:*:*:beta:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.4, <3.1.0.beta5
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.4
Patches
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References
1- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q8m5-wmjr-3ppgnvdVendor Advisory
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