# CVE-2023-49098: Reaction data for user notifications exposed in Discourse-reactions

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-12 · Updated: 2025-06-03

## Affected

- discourse discourse-reactions: \< commit 2c26939

## Description

Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post. Data about a user's reaction notifications could be exposed. This vulnerability was patched in commit 2c26939.

## What to do

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

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions/security/advisories/GHSA-mq82-7v5x-rhv8
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions/commit/2c26939395177730e492640d71aac68423be84fc

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