PT-2023-25709 · Discourse · Discourse

Jomaxro · CVE-2023-36818 · Published 2023-07-14 · Updated 2024-03-06

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Discourse versions prior to the version containing commit 52b003d915

Description Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A request to create or update a custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For versions prior to the version containing commit 52b003d915, users are advised to upgrade to a version that includes the patch for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BIT-DISCOURSE-2023-36818

CVE-2023-36818

GHSA-GXQX-3Q2P-37GM

Affected Products

Discourse

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/36xxx/CVE-2023-36818.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-discourse-2023-36818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36818 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36818 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/66763 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/54409 · Telegram Post