CVE-2023-37906 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-37906: Discourse vulnerable to DoS via post edit reason

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published July 28, 2023
Last update October 10, 2024
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CVSS base score

4.3/10
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:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can edit a post in a topic and cause a DoS with a carefully crafted edit reason. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 28, 2023 CVE published
October 10, 2024 Record updated