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Discourse < 3.4.6 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

🗓️ 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Discourse versions before 3.4.6 expose information vulnerability, update recommended to fix issue.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:discourse:discourse";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.154834");
  script_version("2025-08-26T05:39:52+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-26 05:39:52 +0000 (Tue, 26 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-06-26 03:35:10 +0000 (Thu, 26 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-08-25 15:13:54 +0000 (Mon, 25 Aug 2025)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-49845");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Discourse < 3.4.6 Information Disclosure Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_discourse_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("discourse/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Discourse is prone to an information disclosure
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The visibility of posts typed whisper is controlled via the
  whispers_allowed_groups site setting. Only users that belong to groups specified in the site
  setting are allowed to view posts typed whisper. However, it has been discovered that users can
  continue to see their own whispers even after losing visibility of posts typed whisper.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Discourse prior to version 3.4.6.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.4.6 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-79qw-r73r-69gf");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "3.4.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.4.6", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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26 Aug 2025 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.17.5
CVSS 46.3
EPSS0.00337
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