CVE-2023-30611 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-30611: Reaction metadata exposed in private topics in Discourse-reactions

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse-reactions
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published April 19, 2023
Last update February 5, 2025

CVSS base score

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

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post in the Discourse messaging platform. In affected versions data about what reactions were performed on a post in a private topic could be leaked. This issue has been addressed in version 0.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the discourse-reactions plugin to fully mitigate the issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 19, 2023 CVE published
February 5, 2025 Record updated