CVE-2023-36818

high

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit `52b003d915`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00535