CVE-2023-37906

medium

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can edit a post in a topic and cause a DoS with a carefully crafted edit reason. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv6-47x6-mx7c

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dcc825bda505a344eda403a1b8733f30e784034a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-07-28

Updated: 2023-08-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium