CVE-2023-44391: Prevent unauthorized access to summary details in Discourse

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. User summaries are accessible for anonymous users even when `hide_user_profiles_from_public` is enabled. This problem has been patched in the 3.1.1 stable and 3.2.0.beta2 version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

discourse: through 3.1.1; 3.2.0-beta1

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7px5-fqcf-7mfr
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7px5-fqcf-7mfr

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