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CVE-2022-39279

MEDIUM
Published 2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
4.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.125
Higher than 12.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW

Description

discourse-chat is a plugin for the Discourse message board which adds chat functionality. In versions prior to 0.9 some places render a chat channel's name and description in an unsafe way, allowing staff members to cause an cross site scripting (XSS) attack by inserting unsafe HTML into them. Version 0.9 has addressed this issue. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

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Affected Products

discourse

discourse-chat

Affected Versions:

< 0.9

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat/security/advisories/GHSA-qp62-8m3c-9jgj
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat/commit/25737733af48e5b9fa60b0561d7fde14bea13cce
Published: 2022-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-23T16:52:20.133Z
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