Presence of restricted personal Discourse messages may be leaked if tagged with a tag
Published Mar 16, 2023
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
Description
Discourse is an open-source messaging platform. In versions 3.0.1 and prior on the `stable` branch and versions 3.1.0.beta2 and prior on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, the count of personal messages displayed for a tag is a count of all personal messages regardless of whether the personal message is visible to a given user. As a result, any users can technically poll a sensitive tag to determine if a new personal message is created even if the user does not have access to the personal message.
In the patched versions, the count of personal messages tagged with a given tag is hidden by default. To revert to the old behaviour of displaying the count of personal messages for a given tag, an admin may enable the `display_personal_messages_tag_counts` site setting.
Affected products
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- Version beta <= 3.1.0.beta2StatusaffectedConstraints-
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
1 other source (GitHub) ▾
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Feb 25, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2023–2026- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 40.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 38.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.25% (0.00250) | 46.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 24.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 20.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00053) | 18.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 14.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 24, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 11.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 6.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
References (2)
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f31f0b70f82c43d93220ce6fc0d4f57440452f37 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rf8j-mf8c-82v7 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f31f0b70f82c43d93220ce6fc0d4f57440452f37 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rf8j-mf8c-82v7 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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