CVE-2022-23548 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-23548

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-1333
Published January 5, 2023
Last update March 10, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse is an option source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.14 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta16 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, parsing posts can be susceptible to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attacks. This issue is patched in versions 2.8.14 and 2.9.0.beta16. There are no known workarounds.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 5, 2023 CVE published
March 10, 2025 Record updated