CVE-2023-47120 HIGH

CVE-2023-47120: Discourse DoS through Onebox favicon URL

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published November 10, 2023
Last update September 3, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.2 of the `stable` branch and versions 3.1.0,beta6 through 3.2.0.beta2 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, Redis memory can be depleted by crafting a site with an abnormally long favicon URL and drafting multiple posts which Onebox it. The issue is patched in version 3.1.3 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 10, 2023 CVE published
September 3, 2024 Record updated