CVE-2023-49099 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Discourse is a platform for community discussion. Under very specific circumstances, secure upload URLs associated with posts can be accessed by guest users even when login is required. This vulnerability has been patched in 3.2.0.beta4 and 3.1.4.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00286.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Discourse	Discourse

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:::::stable:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta1:::beta:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta2:::beta:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta3:::beta:::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-53108	Discourse is a platform for community discussion. Under very specific circumstances, secure upload URLs associated with posts can be accessed by guest users even when login is required. This vulnerability has been patched in 3.2.0.beta4 and 3.1.4.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1b288236387fc0a823e4f15f1aea8dde81b49d53
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-j67x-x6mq-pwv4

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +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: 2024-01-12T20:53:53.163Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:09:17.903Z

Reserved: 2023-11-21T18:57:30.430Z

Link: CVE-2023-49099

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-17T21:07:20.946Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T21:15:09.747

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:32:49.280

Link: CVE-2023-49099

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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