CVE-2024-43789 HIGH

CVE-2024-43789: Denial of service by the absence of restrictions on replies to posts in Discourse

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-400
Published October 7, 2024
Last update October 8, 2024
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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. A user can create a post with many replies, and then attempt to fetch them all at once. This can potentially reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 7, 2024 CVE published
October 8, 2024 Record updated