{"id":"CVE-2022-24782","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2022-24782","EUVD-2022-29598","GHSA-c3cq-w899-f343"],"status":"published","title":"Secure category names leaked via user activity export in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions 2.8.2 and prior in the `stable` branch, 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `beta` branch, and 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `tests-passed` branch are vulnerable to a data leak. Users can request an export of their own activity. Sometimes, due to category settings, they may have category membership for a secure category. The name of this secure category is shown to the user in the export. The same thing occurs when the user's post has been moved to a secure category. A patch for this issue is available in the `main` branch of Discourse's GitHub repository and is anticipated to be part of future releases.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00965,"percentile":0.61977,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"published":"2022-03-24T20:35:10Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:25Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["2.8.3"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.3"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-c3cq-w899-f343","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/16273","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9d5737fd28374cc876c070f6c3a931a8071ec356","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24782","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/24xxx/CVE-2022-24782.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-24782","title":"Secure category names leaked via user activity export in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. 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Versions 2.8.2 and prior in the `stable` branch, 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `beta` branch, and 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `tests-passed` branch are vulnerable to a data leak. Users can request an export of their own activity. Sometimes, due to category settings, they may have category membership for a secure category. The name of this secure category is shown to the user in the export. The same thing occurs when the user's post has been moved to a secure category. A patch for this issue is available in the `main` branch of Discourse's GitHub repository and is anticipated to be part of future releases.","status":"published","published":"2022-03-24T21:15:13.933Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:32:30.473Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":4,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:14.24948Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-24782","title":"Secure category names leaked via user activity export in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. 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A patch for this issue is available in the `main` branch of Discourse's GitHub repository and is anticipated to be part of future releases.","status":"published","published":"2022-03-24T20:35:10Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:25.268736982Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:24.428403Z"},{"id":"BIT-discourse-2022-24782","title":"Secure category names leaked via user activity export in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions 2.8.2 and prior in the `stable` branch, 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `beta` branch, and 2.9.0.beta3 and prior in the `tests-passed` branch are vulnerable to a data leak. Users can request an export of their own activity. Sometimes, due to category settings, they may have category membership for a secure category. The name of this secure category is shown to the user in the export. The same thing occurs when the user's post has been moved to a secure category. A patch for this issue is available in the `main` branch of Discourse's GitHub repository and is anticipated to be part of future releases.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-06T11:06:48.469Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:10.352015328Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.70813Z"}]}}