Discourse vulnerable to incomplete quote causing a topic to crash in the browser
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Starting with version 2.9.0.beta5 and prior to version 2.9.0.beta10, an incomplete quote can generate a JavaScript error which will crash the current page in the browser in some cases. Version 2.9.0.beta10 added a fix and tests to ensure incomplete quotes won't break the app. As a workaround, the quote can be fixed via the rails console.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-39232
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 09:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Discourse vulnerable to incomplete quote causing a topic to crash in the browser
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 29 Sept 2022, 20:15 UTC
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Starting with version 2.9.0.beta5 and prior to version 2.9.0.beta10, an incomplete quote can generate a JavaScript error which will crash the current page in the browser in some cases. Version 2.9.0.beta10 added a fix and tests to ensure incomplete quotes won't break the app. As a workaround, the quote can be fixed via the rails console.
osv:CVE-2022-39232
Complete source record
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"summary": "Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Starting with version 2.9.0.beta5 and prior to version 2.9.0.beta10, an incomplete quote can generate a JavaScript error which will crash the current page in the browser in some cases. Version 2.9.0.beta10 added a fix and tests to ensure incomplete quotes won't break the app. As a workaround, the quote can be fixed via the rails console.",
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