CVE-2022-46159 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-46159: Any authenticated Discourse user can create an unlisted topic

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published December 2, 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 None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In version 2.8.13 and prior on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta14 and prior on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, any authenticated user can create an unlisted topic. These topics, which are not readily available to other users, can take up unnecessary site resources. A patch for this issue is available in the `main` branch of Discourse. There are no known workarounds available.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 2, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated