BIT-DISCOURSE-2023-23615 Malicious users in Discourse can create spam topics as any user due to improper access control

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. The embeddable comments can be exploited to create new topics as any user but without any clear title or content. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. As a workaround, disable embeddable comments ...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2023-23624 Discourse's exclude_tags param could leak which topics had a specific hidden tag

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.1 on the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta2 on the beta and tests-passed branches, someone can use the excludetag param to filter out topics and deduce which ones were using a specific hidden tag. This affects any Discourse...

BIT-DISCOURSE-2023-34250 Discourse vulnerable to exposure of number of topics recently created in private categories

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the beta and tests-passed branches, an attacker could use the new topics dismissal endpoint to reveal the number of topics recently created but not the actual content thereof in...

The vulnerability in the Apache Kafka cluster management web interface, kafka-ui, allows a attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability in the Apache Kafka cluster management web interface, named “kafka-ui”, is related to incorrect code generation. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by using a specially crafted request to the endpoint...

CVE-2024-24817

CVE-2024-24817 concerns the Discourse Calendar plugin. Prior to version 0.4, event invitees created in topics in private categories or private messages could be retrieved by anyone, even when not logged in. The issue is resolved in version 0.4 of the discourse-calendar plugin. Some partial mitiga...

CVE-2024-24817 User can see invitees in events created in PMs and private categories

Discourse Calendar adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic on the open-source discussion platform Discourse. Prior to version 0.4, event invitees created in topics in private categories or PMs private messages can be retrieved by anyone, even if they're not logg...

CVE-2024-24817: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Discourse Calendar adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic on the open-source discussion platform Discourse. Prior to version 0.4, event invitees created in topics in private categories or PMs private messages can be retrieved by anyone, even if they're not logg...

kafka-ui OS Command Injection Vulnerability

kafka-ui is an open source Web UI for Apache Kafka. A security vulnerability in kafka-ui versions 0.4.0 through 0.7.1 exists that originates from a vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via parameter q in /api/clusters/local/topics/messages...

PT-2024-1822 · Provectus · Kafka-Ui

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: provectus kafka-ui versions 0.4.0 through 0.7.1 Description: The issue is related to incorrect code generation management in the web interface for managing Apache Kafka clusters, kafka-ui. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacke...

CVE-2023-52251: Improper Control of Generation of Code

An issue discovered in provectus kafka-ui 0.4.0 through 0.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the q parameter of /api/clusters/local/topics/topic/messages. No fixed release is available; the project has had no commit since 2024-04-08...

Chrome starts the countdown to the end of tracking cookies

Google has announced that it will start rolling its Chrome web browsers new Tracking Protection feature from January of 2024. Tracking Protection is part of Google’s Privacy Sandbox initiative to phase out third-party cookies. The Tracking Protection feature aims to disable third-party cookies...

A week in security (October 16 – October 22)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Ragnar Locker ransomware group taken down IT administrators passwords are awful too The hot topics from Europes largest trade fair for IT security Clever malvertising attack uses Punycode to look like KeePasss official website 3 crucial security steps people should...

CVE-2023-45147: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Discourse is an open source community platform. In affected versions any user can create a topic and add arbitrary custom fields to a topic. The severity of this vulnerability depends on what plugins are installed and how the plugins uses topic custom fields. For a default Discourse installation...

Google Chrome Rolls Out Support for 'Privacy Sandbox' to Bid Farewell to Tracking Cookies

Google has officially begun its rollout of Privacy Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to a majority of its users, nearly four months after it announced the plans. "We believe it is vital to both improve privacy and preserve access to information, whether it's news, a how-to-guide, or a fun video,"...

Chrome's "Enhanced Ad Privacy": What you need to know

Users of Google's Chrome web browser may wish to dig into their privacy settings as a new feature regarding advertising privacy slowly rolls out to the masses. Googles "Enhanced Ad Privacy" feature may soon appear in your browser, tied to choices regarding a new Chrome feature named Topics. This ...

CVE-2023-32678 Zulip vulnerable to insufficient authorization check for edition/deletion of messages and topics in private streams by former subscribers

Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool with topic-based threading that combines email and chat. Users who used to be subscribed to a private stream and have been removed from it since retain the ability to edit messages/topics, move messages to other streams, and delete messages that the...

Apache Pulsar 安全漏洞

Apache Pulsar is the United States Apache Apache Foundation for cloud environments, set of messages, storage, lightweight functional computing as one of the distributed message flow platform. The software supports multi-tenant, persistent storage, multi-machine room cross-region data replication,...

Design/Logic Flaw

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the beta and tests-passed branches, multiple duplicate topics could be created if topic embedding is enabled. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and...

CVE-2023-34250 Discourse vulnerable to exposure of number of topics recently created in private categories

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the beta and tests-passed branches, an attacker could use the new topics dismissal endpoint to reveal the number of topics recently created but not the actual content thereof in...

CVE-2023-32301 Discourse's canonical url not being used for topic embeddings

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the beta and tests-passed branches, multiple duplicate topics could be created if topic embedding is enabled. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the stable branch and...