Vulnerability · Published Jul 14, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-36818Denial of service via User Custom Sidebar Section Unlimited Link Creation in discourse

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption 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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit `52b003d915`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
discourse discourse = 3.1.0beta5

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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