{"id":"CVE-2022-39226","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2022-39226","EUVD-2022-41756","GHSA-jw3q-xg5g-qjrw"],"status":"published","title":"Discourse user profile location and website fields were not sufficiently length-limited","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious actor can add large payloads of text into the Location and Website fields of a user profile, which causes issues for other users when loading that profile. A fix to limit the length of user input for these fields is included in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.01031,"percentile":0.64008,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-770"],"published":"2022-09-29T20:05:11Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:35Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["2.8.9"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.9"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jw3q-xg5g-qjrw","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18302","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e69f7d2fd9c977dedbdb17f6813651e2a45bfb71","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39226","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/39xxx/CVE-2022-39226.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-39226","title":"Discourse user profile location and website fields were not sufficiently length-limited","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious actor can add large payloads of text into the Location and Website fields of a user profile, which causes issues for other users when loading that profile. A fix to limit the length of user input for these fields is included in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2022-09-29T20:05:11Z","modified":"2025-04-23T16:53:35.523Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-770","CWE-20"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:39.559326Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-41756","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. 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In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious actor can add large payloads of text into the Location and Website fields of a user profile, which causes issues for other users when loading that profile. A fix to limit the length of user input for these fields is included in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2022-09-29T20:15:13.76Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:57:57.15Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","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:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:29.026521Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-39226","title":"Discourse user profile location and website fields were not sufficiently length-limited","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious actor can add large payloads of text into the Location and Website fields of a user profile, which causes issues for other users when loading that profile. A fix to limit the length of user input for these fields is included in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2022-09-29T20:05:11Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:35.527286355Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:26.53798Z"},{"id":"BIT-discourse-2022-39226","title":"Discourse user profile location and website fields were not sufficiently length-limited","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious actor can add large payloads of text into the Location and Website fields of a user profile, which causes issues for other users when loading that profile. A fix to limit the length of user input for these fields is included in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-06T11:04:22.608Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:07.02682219Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.70813Z"}]}}