CVE-2024-24748

Disclosure of the existence of secret subcategories in Discourse

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: March 15, 2024 at 07:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDiscourse

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can learn that a secret subcategory exists under a public category which has no public subcategories. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected

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

v ≤ 3.2.0v ≤ 3.3.0.beta1beta ≤ v ≤ 3.3.0.beta1stable ≤ v ≤ 3.2.0tests-passed ≤ v ≤ 3.3.0.beta13.2.0 beta13.2.0 beta23.2.0 beta33.2.0 beta43.3.0 beta1betastabletests-passed

Remediation

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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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

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-200NVD-CWE-noinfo

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