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Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-25172Discourse vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting - user name displayed on post

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in discourse from discourse. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta2 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a maliciously crafted URL can be included in a user's full name field to to carry out cross-site scripting attacks on sites with a disabled or overly permissive CSP (Content Security Policy). Discourse's default CSP prevents this vulnerability. The vulnerability is patched in version 3.0.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta2 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, enable and/or restore your site's CSP to the default one provided with Discourse.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
discourse discourse stable < 3.0.1beta < 3.1.0.beta2tests-passed < 3.1.0.beta2

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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