# CVE-2022-21678: User's bio visible even if profile is restricted in Discourse

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.13, 2.8.0.beta11
- Published: 2022-01-13 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- discourse: fixed in 2.7.13; fixed in 2.8.0.beta11

## Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `tests-passed` branch, version 2.8.0.beta11 in the `beta` branch, and version 2.7.13 in the `stable` branch, the bios of users who made their profiles private were still visible in the `<meta>` tags on their users' pages. The problem is patched in `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `stable` version 2.7.13 of Discourse.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on discourse, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.13, 2.8.0.beta11) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jwww-46gv-564m
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5e2e178fcfb490c37b9f8bb9f737185441b1d6de
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c0bb775f3f35b1b0d04a5b2a984f57c3e39f9e6c

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