PT-2024-22357 · Discourse · Discourse

Nattsw · Published 2024-03-15 · Updated 2025-09-26 · CVE-2024-28242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Discourse versions prior to the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version

Description The issue allows an attacker to discover the existence of secret categories when they have backgrounds set. This is a problem in an open source platform for community discussion. Users unable to upgrade should temporarily remove category backgrounds.

Recommendations For versions prior to the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version, upgrade to the latest version. As a temporary workaround, consider removing category backgrounds until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BIT-DISCOURSE-2024-28242

CVE-2024-28242

GHSA-C7Q7-7F6Q-2C23

Affected Products

Discourse

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28242.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b425fbc2a28341a5627928f963519006712c3d39 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28242 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-discourse-2024-28242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c7q7-7f6q-2c23 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1768723310932574467 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133524 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/136525 · Telegram Post