CVE-2022-46159 (GCVE-0-2022-46159)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-12-02 14:15
Modified
2025-04-23 16:33
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
discourse discourse Version: <= 2.8.13
Version: >= 2.9.0.beta0, <= 2.9.0.beta14
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