6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-22488
Flarum Private Post Disclosure Leveraging Notification Bypass
Description

Flarum is a forum software for building communities. Using the notifications feature, one can read restricted/private content and bypass access checks that would be in place for such content. The notification-sending component does not check that the subject of the notification can be seen by the receiver, and proceeds to send notifications through their different channels. The alerts do not leak data despite this as they are listed based on a visibility check, however, emails are still sent out. This means that, for extensions which restrict access to posts, any actor can bypass the restriction by subscribing to the discussion if the Subscriptions extension is enabled. The attack allows the leaking of some posts in the forum database, including posts awaiting approval, posts in tags the user has no access to if they could subscribe to a discussion before it becomes private, and posts restricted by third-party extensions. All Flarum versions prior to v1.6.3 are affected. The vulnerability has been fixed and published as flarum/core v1.6.3. All communities running Flarum should upgrade as soon as possible to v1.6.3. As a workaround, disable the Flarum Subscriptions extension or disable email notifications altogether. There are no other supported workarounds for this issue for Flarum versions below 1.6.3.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 12, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 23, 2023, 3:02 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-22488 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Flarum flarum
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-22488.

URL Resource
https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/d0a2b95dca57d3dae9a0d77b610b1cb1d0b1766a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-8gcg-vwmw-rxj4 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-22488 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-22488 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/d0a2b95dca57d3dae9a0d77b610b1cb1d0b1766a No Types Assigned https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/d0a2b95dca57d3dae9a0d77b610b1cb1d0b1766a Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-8gcg-vwmw-rxj4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-8gcg-vwmw-rxj4 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:flarum:flarum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6.3
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.19274

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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