# CVE-2022-31060: Banner topic data is exposed on login-required Discourse sites

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-06-14 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- discourse: stable \< 2.8.4, beta \<= 2.9.0.beta4, tests-passed \<= 2.9.0.beta4

## Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.4 in the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` in the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, banner topic data is exposed on login-required sites. This issue is patched in version 2.8.4 in the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` in the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches of Discourse. As a workaround, one may disable banners.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on discourse, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-5f4f-35fx-gqhq
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/17071
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ae6a9079436fb9b20fd051d25fb6d8027f0ec59a

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