PT-2024-30565 · Discourse · Discourse Placeholder Forms

Jjaffeux · CVE-2024-43408 · Published 2024-08-20 · Updated 2024-08-21

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Discourse Placeholder Forms (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows the creation of dynamic documentation but is affected by the injection of unsanitized and stored user input into the HTML of a post. This can potentially lead to remote attacks. The vulnerability is fixed in a specific commit.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-43408

GHSA-9WX4-CMV3-G5JW

Affected Products

Discourse Placeholder Forms

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/43xxx/CVE-2024-43408.json · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43408 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse-placeholder-theme-component/commit/a62f711d5600e4e5d86f342d52932cb6221672e7 · Note
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse-placeholder-theme-component/security/advisories/GHSA-9wx4-cmv3-g5jw · Note
• https://twitter.com/oktsec/status/1826080346670039123 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/91492 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/91392 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1825936205156069419 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/3672 · Telegram Post