Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-31142Discourse's general category permissions could be set back to default

Low 2.0

In plain English

A low-severity incorrect permission assignment 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 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.0Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.1% 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 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, if a site has modified their general category permissions, they could be set back to the default. This issue is patched in version 3.0.4 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta5 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. A workaround, only if you are modifying the general category permissions, is to use a new category for the same purpose.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
discourse	discourse	< 3.0.4>= 3.1.0.beta1, < 3.1.0.beta5

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-286w-97m2-78x2 x_refsource_CONFIRM