{"id":"CVE-2025-49845","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2025-49845","EUVD-2025-19108","GHSA-79qw-r73r-69gf"],"status":"published","title":"Discourse users are able to see their own whispers even after being removed from a group that has been configured to see whispers","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. The visibility of posts typed `whisper` is controlled via the `whispers_allowed_groups` site setting. Only users that belong to groups specified in the site setting are allowed to view posts typed `whisper`. However, it has been discovered that users of versions prior to 3.4.6 on the `stable` branch and prior to 3.5.0.beta8-dev on the `tests-passed` branch can continue to see their own whispers even after losing visibility of posts typed `whisper`. This issue is patched in versions 3.4.6 and 3.5.0.beta8-dev. No known workarounds are available.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00402,"percentile":0.34777,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"published":"2025-06-25T15:39:01Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:58Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["3.4.6"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.6"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-79qw-r73r-69gf","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49845","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/49xxx/CVE-2025-49845.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-49845","title":"Discourse users are able to see their own whispers even after being removed from a group that has been configured to see whispers","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. The visibility of posts typed `whisper` is controlled via the `whispers_allowed_groups` site setting. Only users that belong to groups specified in the site setting are allowed to view posts typed `whisper`. However, it has been discovered that users of versions prior to 3.4.6 on the `stable` branch and prior to 3.5.0.beta8-dev on the `tests-passed` branch can continue to see their own whispers even after losing visibility of posts typed `whisper`. This issue is patched in versions 3.4.6 and 3.5.0.beta8-dev. No known workarounds are available.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-25T15:39:01.328Z","modified":"2025-06-26T19:44:55.771Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-200"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:24.473448Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-19108","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. The visibility of posts typed `whisper` is controlled via the `whispers_allowed_groups` site setting. Only users that belong to groups specified in the site setting are allowed to view posts typed `whisper`. However, it has been discovered that users of versions prior to 3.4.6 on the `stable` branch and prior to 3.5.0.beta8-dev on the `tests-passed` branch can continue to see their own whispers even after losing visibility of posts typed `whisper`. This issue is patched in versions 3.4.6 and 3.5.0.beta8-dev. No known workarounds are available.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-25T15:39:01Z","modified":"2025-06-26T19:44:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:16.171648Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-49845","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. The visibility of posts typed `whisper` is controlled via the `whispers_allowed_groups` site setting. Only users that belong to groups specified in the site setting are allowed to view posts typed `whisper`. However, it has been discovered that users of versions prior to 3.4.6 on the `stable` branch and prior to 3.5.0.beta8-dev on the `tests-passed` branch can continue to see their own whispers even after losing visibility of posts typed `whisper`. This issue is patched in versions 3.4.6 and 3.5.0.beta8-dev. 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The visibility of posts typed `whisper` is controlled via the `whispers_allowed_groups` site setting. Only users that belong to groups specified in the site setting are allowed to view posts typed `whisper`. However, it has been discovered that users of versions prior to 3.4.6 on the `stable` branch and prior to 3.5.0.beta8-dev on the `tests-passed` branch can continue to see their own whispers even after losing visibility of posts typed `whisper`. This issue is patched in versions 3.4.6 and 3.5.0.beta8-dev. No known workarounds are available.","status":"published","published":"2025-07-01T08:03:12.143Z","modified":"2026-09-10T16:00:32.892616829Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.70813Z"}]}}