CVE-2023-49098 (GCVE-0-2023-49098)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 20:37 – Updated: 2025-06-03 14:04
VLAI
Title
Reaction data for user notifications exposed in Discourse-reactions
Summary
Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post. Data about a user's reaction notifications could be exposed. This vulnerability was patched in commit 2c26939.
Severity
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-08 19:10 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
discourse discourse-reactions Affected: < commit 2c26939
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