CVE-2023-29196 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-29196: HTML injection via topic embedding in Discourse

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 18, 2023
Last update February 6, 2025

CVSS base score

4.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. This vulnerability is not exploitable on the default install of Discourse. A custom feature must be enabled for it to work at all, and the attacker’s payload must pass the CSP to be executed. However, if an attacker succeeds in embedding Javascript that does pass the CSP, it could result in session hijacking for any users that view the attacker’s post. The vulnerability is patched in the latest tests-passed, beta and stable branches. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should enable and/or restore your site's CSP to the default one provided with Discourse. Remove any embed-able hosts configured.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 18, 2023 CVE published
February 6, 2025 Record updated

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