CVE-2022-46159 Information

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In version 2.8.13 and prior on the stable branch and version 2.9.0.beta14 and prior on the beta and tests-passed branches any authenticated user can create an unlisted topic. These topics which are not readily available to other users can take up unnecessary site resources. A patch for this issue is available in the main branch of Discourse. There are no known workarounds available.

Reference

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-qf99-xpx6-hgxp https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0ce38bd7bce862db251b882613ab7053ca777382