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CVE-2022-39279

MEDIUM

4.3

Description

discourse-chat is a plugin for the Discourse message board which adds chat functionality. In versions prior to 0.9 some places render a chat channel's name and description in an unsafe way, allowing staff members to cause an cross site scripting (XSS) attack by inserting unsafe HTML into them. Version 0.9 has addressed this issue. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published10/6/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

discourse:discourse-chat

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat/commit/25737733af48e5b9fa60b0561d7fde14bea13cce(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat/security/advisories/GHSA-qp62-8m3c-9jgj(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat/commit/25737733af48e5b9fa60b0561d7fde14bea13cce(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat/security/advisories/GHSA-qp62-8m3c-9jgj(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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