CVE-2023-36818

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit `52b003d915`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff	Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta5:*:*:beta:*:*:*

History

27 Jul 2023, 04:04

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.5
CWE	~~CWE-400~~	NVD-CWE-noinfo
First Time		Discourse Discourse discourse
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta5:::beta:::*
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff - Patch
References	~~(MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm -~~	(MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm - Vendor Advisory

14 Jul 2023, 22:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-07-14 22:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 15:14

NVD link : CVE-2023-36818

Mitre link : CVE-2023-36818

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-36818

JSON object : View

Products Affected

discourse

discourse

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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