Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can learn that secret categories exist when they have backgrounds set. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should temporarily remove category backgrounds.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:tests-passed:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:-:*:*:tests-passed:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta1:*:*:tests-passed:*:*:*

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:tests-passed:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:-:*:*:beta:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:-:*:*:tests-passed:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta1:*:*:tests-passed:*:*:*

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-26T15:02:31.216Z

Reserved: 2024-03-07T14:33:30.035Z

Link: CVE-2024-28242

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:48:49.556Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-15T20:15:09.587

Modified: 2025-09-26T12:50:32.323

Link: CVE-2024-28242

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:14:45Z