{"id":"CVE-2022-46159","summary":"Any authenticated Discourse user can create an unlisted topic","details":"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.\n","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2022-46159","GHSA-qf99-xpx6-hgxp"],"modified":"2026-07-11T03:54:13.513317392Z","published":"2022-12-02T14:15:11.740Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-770"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/46xxx/CVE-2022-46159.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/46xxx/CVE-2022-46159.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-qf99-xpx6-hgxp"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46159"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0ce38bd7bce862db251b882613ab7053ca777382"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"introduced":"2fc8e923b67e92d69c92f07de98a09028c5c5079"},{"fixed":"0ce38bd7bce862db251b882613ab7053ca777382"}],"database_specific":{"source":["CPE_RANGE","CPE_STRING","REFERENCES"],"cpe":["cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta13:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta14:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.8.13"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta1"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta1"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta10"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta10"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta11"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta11"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta12"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta12"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta13"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta13"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta14"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta14"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta2"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta2"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta3"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta3"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta4"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta4"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta5"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta5"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta6"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta6"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta7"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta7"},{"introduced":"2.9.0-beta8"},{"last_affected":"2.9.0-beta8"}]}}],"versions":["2.9.0-beta1","2.9.0-beta10","2.9.0-beta11","2.9.0-beta12","2.9.0-beta13","2.9.0-beta14","2.9.0-beta2","2.9.0-beta3","2.9.0-beta4","2.9.0-beta5","2.9.0-beta6","2.9.0-beta7","2.9.0-beta8","v2.9.0.beta14","v2.9.0.beta13","v2.9.0.beta12","v2.9.0.beta11","v2.9.0.beta10","v2.9.0.beta9","v2.9.0.beta8","v2.9.0.beta7","v2.9.0.beta6","v2.9.0.beta5","v2.9.0.beta4","v2.9.0.beta3","v2.9.0.beta2","v2.9.0.beta1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-46159.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}