{"id":"CVE-2023-31142","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2023-31142","EUVD-2023-35461","GHSA-286w-97m2-78x2"],"status":"published","title":"Discourse's general category permissions could be set back to default","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, if a site has modified their general category permissions, they could be set back to the default. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. A workaround, only if you are modifying the general category permissions, is to use a new category for the same purpose.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00319,"percentile":0.25163,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-732"],"published":"2023-06-13T21:12:47Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:45Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["3.0.4"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0.4"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-286w-97m2-78x2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31142","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/31xxx/CVE-2023-31142.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-31142","title":"Discourse's general category permissions could be set back to default","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. 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Prior to version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, if a site has modified their general category permissions, they could be set back to the default. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. A workaround, only if you are modifying the general category permissions, is to use a new category for the same purpose.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-13T22:15:09.38Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:56:22.23Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:06.335469Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-31142","title":"Discourse's general category permissions could be set back to default","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, if a site has modified their general category permissions, they could be set back to the default. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. A workaround, only if you are modifying the general category permissions, is to use a new category for the same purpose.","status":"published","published":"2023-06-13T21:12:47.664Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:45.825113547Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:31.790231Z"},{"id":"BIT-discourse-2023-31142","title":"Discourse's general category permissions could be set back to default","description":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, if a site has modified their general category permissions, they could be set back to the default. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. A workaround, only if you are modifying the general category permissions, is to use a new category for the same purpose.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-06T10:57:22.997Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:11.504207207Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.70813Z"}]}}