Headline
CVE-2023-45816: Unread bookmark reminder notifications that the user cannot access can be seen
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 3.13 of the stable
branch and version 3.2.0.beta3 of the beta
and tests-passed
branches, there is an edge case where a bookmark reminder is sent and an unread notification is generated, but the underlying bookmarkable (e.g. post, topic, chat message) security has changed, making it so the user can no longer access the underlying resource. As of version 3.13 of the stable
branch and version 3.2.0.beta3 of the beta
and tests-passed
branches, bookmark reminders are now no longer sent if the user does not have access to the underlying bookmarkable, and also the unread bookmark notifications are always filtered by access. There are no known workarounds.
Package
No package listed
Affected versions
stable < 3.1.3; beta/tests-passed < 3.2.0.beta3
Patched versions
stable >= 3.1.3; beta/tests-passed >= 3.2.0.beta3
Description
Impact
There is an edge case where a bookmark reminder is sent and an unread notification is generated, but the underlying bookmarkable (e.g. post, topic, chat message) security has changed, making it so the user can no longer access the underlying resource.
Patches
Bookmark reminders are now no longer sent if the user does not have access to the underlying bookmarkable, and also the unread bookmark notifications are always filtered by access.
Workarounds
No