CVE-2022-46162

Summary

discourse-bbcode is the official BBCode plugin for Discourse. Prior to commit 91478f5, CSS injection can occur when rendering content generated with the discourse-bccode plugin. This vulnerability only affects sites which have the discourse-bbcode plugin installed and enabled. This issue is patched in commit 91478f5. As a workaround, ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled and monitor any posts that contain bbcode.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
discoursediscourse-bbcode< 91478f5cfecdcc43cf85b997168a8ecfd0f8df90affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-74: CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References