CVE-2022-36068

medium

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a moderator can create new and edit existing themes by using the API when they should not be able to do so. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-6crr-3662-263q

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18418

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ae1e536e83940d58f1c79b835c75c249121c46b6

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-09-29

Updated: 2022-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium