CVE-2024-28242
Disclosure of the existence of secret categories with custom backgrounds in Discourse
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can learn that secret categories exist when they have backgrounds set. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should temporarily remove category backgrounds.
How to fix CVE-2024-28242
To remediate CVE-2024-28242, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.2.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-28242 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.2.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |