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TI-2023-23500 Aliases CVE-2023-43814

Exposure of poll options and votes to unauthorized users in Discourse

Priority LOW 18CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-284.

Summary

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Attackers with details specific to a poll in a topic can use the `/polls/grouped_poll_results` endpoint to view the content of options in the poll and the number of votes for groups of poll participants. This impacts private polls where the results were intended to only be viewable by authorized users. This issue is patched in the 3.1.1 stable and 3.2.0.beta2 versions of Discourse. There is no workaround for this issue apart from upgrading to the fixed version.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00376 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
discoursediscoursestable <= 3.1.1; beta <= 3.2.0.beta2—No fix listedCNA
  • discourse Vendordiscourse Affected stable <= 3.1.1; beta <= 3.2.0.beta2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*up to 3.1.1Vulnerablediscourse
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*3.2.0 beta1Vulnerablediscourse
  • cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* Versions up to 3.1.1 Vulnerable ·discourse
  • cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:* Versions 3.2.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·discourse

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-43814

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-19656 Denial of Service in discourse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2024-36150 Potential Backup file leaked via Nginx in Discourse CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-18002 RCE via malicious SNS subscription payload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-24651 Discourse: Open redirect via `sso_destination_url` cookie in `enter` CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2026-22278 Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2023-24152 Unauthenticated access to new private chat messages in Discourse CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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