CVE-2023-36818 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00292.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Discourse	Discourse

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-40748	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-07-14T21:16:14.912Z

Updated: 2024-10-18T17:39:21.316Z

Reserved: 2023-06-27T15:43:18.385Z

Link: CVE-2023-36818

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:01:09.772Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-14T22:15:09.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:10:39.790

Link: CVE-2023-36818

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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