CVE-2023-22740

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.1.0.beta1 (beta) (tests-passed) are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Users can create chat drafts of an unlimited length, which can cause a denial of service by generating an excessive load on the server. Additionally, an unlimited number of drafts were loaded when loading the user. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.0.beta1 (beta) and (tests-passed). Users should upgrade to the latest version where a limit has been introduced. There are no workarounds available.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 04:07

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Summary Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.1.0.beta1 (beta) (tests-passed) are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Users can create chat drafts of an unlimited length, which can cause a denial of service by generating an excessive load on the server. Additionally, an unlimited number of drafts were loaded when loading the user. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.0.beta1 (beta) and (tests-passed). Users should upgrade to the latest version where a limit has been introduced. There are no workarounds available. Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.1.0.beta1 (beta) (tests-passed) are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Users can create chat drafts of an unlimited length, which can cause a denial of service by generating an excessive load on the server. Additionally, an unlimited number of drafts were loaded when loading the user. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.0.beta1 (beta) and (tests-passed). Users should upgrade to the latest version where a limit has been introduced. There are no workarounds available.

06 Feb 2023, 19:30

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5
First Time Discourse
Discourse discourse
References (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5eaf0802398ff06604f03b27a28dd274f2ffa576 - (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5eaf0802398ff06604f03b27a28dd274f2ffa576 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pwj4-rf62-p224 - (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pwj4-rf62-p224 - Third Party Advisory

27 Jan 2023, 01:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-27 01:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:48


NVD link : CVE-2023-22740

Mitre link : CVE-2023-22740

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-22740


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Products Affected

discourse

  • discourse
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling