CVE-2023-25169
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CVE-2023-25169 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. discourse-yearly-review is a discourse plugin which publishes an automated Year in Review topic. In affected versions a user present in a yearly review topic that is then anonymised will still have some data linked to its original account. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
discourse-yearly-review is a discourse plugin which publishes an automated Year in Review topic. In affected versions a user present in a yearly review topic that is then anonymised will still have some data linked to its original account. This issue has been patched in commit `b3ab33bbf7` which is included in the latest version of the Discourse Yearly Review plugin. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable the `yearly_review_enabled` setting to fully mitigate the issue. Also, it's possible to edit the anonymised user's old data in the yearly review topics manually.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Discourse | Discourse Yearly Review | < 0.2 |
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse-yearly-review/security/advisories/GHSA-x2r8-v85c-x3x7Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse-yearly-review/security/advisories/GHSA-x2r8-v85c-x3x7Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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