CVE-2022-36068

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    CVE-2022-36068

    Published: 29 Sept 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Discourse moderators can edit themes via the API

    Details: Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and prior to 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a moderator can create new and edit existing themes by using the API when they should not be able to do so. The problem is patched in version 2.8.9 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta10 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/36xxx/CVE-2022-36068.json, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-6crr-3662-263q, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36068, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ae1e536e83940d58f1c79b835c75c249121c46b6, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18418

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1503ec07c57898a507395552b765b6808b4e1db9

    Affected versions

    2.9.0-beta1
    2.9.0-beta2
    2.9.0-beta3
    2.9.0-beta4
    2.9.0-beta5
    2.9.0-beta6
    2.9.0-beta7
    2.9.0-beta8
    2.9.0-beta9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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