CVE-2022-21642 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-21642: Exposure of whisper participants in discourse

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published January 5, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions when composing a message from topic the composer user suggestions reveals whisper participants. The issue has been patched in stable version 2.7.13 and beta version 2.8.0.beta11. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 5, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated