PT-2023-26570 · Discourse · Discourse

Jomaxro · Published 2023-09-15 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2023-38706

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 3.1.1 Discourse version 3.2.0.beta1 and earlier in the beta and tests-passed branches

Description A malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys, potentially exhausting server resources.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.1, update to version 3.1.1 or later. For version 3.2.0.beta1 and earlier in the beta and tests-passed branches, update to version 3.2.0.beta1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

BIT-DISCOURSE-2023-38706

CVE-2023-38706

GHSA-7WPP-4PQG-GVP8

Affected Products

Discourse

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7wpp-4pqg-gvp8 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38706.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38706 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-discourse-2023-38706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38706 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/70622 · Telegram Post