What is the severity of CVE-2022-36057?

CVE-2022-36057 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36057?

To fix CVE-2022-36057, upgrade the Discourse-Chat plugin to version 0.9 or later.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2022-36057?

CVE-2022-36057 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Discourse-Chat plugin.

Who is affected by CVE-2022-36057?

Users of the Discourse-Chat plugin using versions prior to 0.9 are affected by CVE-2022-36057.

What can attackers do with CVE-2022-36057?

Attackers exploiting CVE-2022-36057 can insert malicious HTML into chat titles and descriptions to execute scripts in the context of users' browsers.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2022-36057

medium

5.4

CWE

79 80

6/9/2022

3/8/2024

CVE-2022-36057: Discourse-Chat Cross-Site Scripting issue for channel names and descriptions

First published: Tue Sep 06 2022(Updated: )

Discourse-Chat is an asynchronous messaging plugin for the Discourse open-source discussion platform. Users of Discourse Chat can be affected by admin users inserting HTML into chat titles and descriptions, causing a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. Version 0.9 contains a patch for this issue.

Credit: security-advisories@github.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Discourse Discourse-chat	<0.9

Remedy

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat/pull/1205

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-36057?
CVE-2022-36057 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
How do I fix CVE-2022-36057?
To fix CVE-2022-36057, upgrade the Discourse-Chat plugin to version 0.9 or later.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2022-36057?
CVE-2022-36057 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Discourse-Chat plugin.
Who is affected by CVE-2022-36057?
Users of the Discourse-Chat plugin using versions prior to 0.9 are affected by CVE-2022-36057.
What can attackers do with CVE-2022-36057?
Attackers exploiting CVE-2022-36057 can insert malicious HTML into chat titles and descriptions to execute scripts in the context of users' browsers.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-36057?
CVE-2022-36057 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.
How do I fix CVE-2022-36057?
To fix CVE-2022-36057, upgrade the Discourse-Chat plugin to version 0.9 or later.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2022-36057?
CVE-2022-36057 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Discourse-Chat plugin.
Who is affected by CVE-2022-36057?
Users of the Discourse-Chat plugin using versions prior to 0.9 are affected by CVE-2022-36057.
What can attackers do with CVE-2022-36057?
Attackers exploiting CVE-2022-36057 can insert malicious HTML into chat titles and descriptions to execute scripts in the context of users' browsers.