PT-2023-26175 · Discourse · Discourse

Jomaxro · Published 2023-07-28 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2023-37906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Discourse versions prior to 3.0.6 of the stable branch Discourse versions prior to 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches

Description Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A malicious user can edit a post in a topic and cause a Denial of Service (DoS) with a carefully crafted edit reason.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.6 of the stable branch, update to version 3.0.6 or later. For versions prior to 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches, update to version 3.1.0.beta7 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BIT-DISCOURSE-2023-37906

CVE-2023-37906

GHSA-PJV6-47X6-MX7C

Affected Products

Discourse

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/37xxx/CVE-2023-37906.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv6-47x6-mx7c · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dcc825bda505a344eda403a1b8733f30e784034a · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37906 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-discourse-2023-37906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-37906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/67390 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/55455 · Telegram Post