Arbitrary Data Injection Vulnerability in Discourse Affects Users
CVE-2024-27085

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Discourse
Status
Discourse
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 March 2024

Summary

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions users that are allowed to invite others can inject arbitrarily large data in parameters used in the invite route. The problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable invites or restrict access to them using the invite allowed groups site setting.

Affected Version(s)

discourse stable <= 3.2.0 <= stable 3.2.0

discourse beta <= 3.3.0.beta1 <= beta 3.3.0.beta1

discourse tests-passed <= 3.3.0.beta1 <= tests-passed 3.3.0.beta1

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisorie...
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https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/62ea382247c...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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