CVE-2022-24804

Private group name exposure in discourse

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 11, 2022 at 07:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:32 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDiscourse

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In stable versions prior to 2.8.3 and beta versions prior 2.9.0.beta4 erroneously expose groups. When a group with restricted visibility has been used to set the permissions of a category, the name of the group is leaked to any user that is able to see the category. To workaround the problem, a site administrator can remove groups with restricted visibility from any category's permissions setting.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2.8.3v < 2.9.0.beta42.9.0 beta12.9.0 beta22.9.0 beta3
Affected range stops below 2.8.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.0.beta4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-276

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