Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-43408Discourse Placeholder Forms has a XSS stopped by CSP
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in discourse-placeholder-theme-component 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 17% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Discourse Placeholder Forms will let you build dynamic documentation. Unsanitized and stored user input was injected in the html of the post. The vulnerability is fixed in commit a62f711d5600e4e5d86f342d52932cb6221672e7.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| discourse | discourse-placeholder-theme-component | < a62f711d5600e4e5d86f342d52932cb6221672e7 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L