Vulnerability · Published Feb 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-53994Potential bypass of chat permissions in Discourse

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 21% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions users who disable chat in preferences could still be reachable in some cases. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the chat plugin within site settings.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
discourse	discourse	stable: <= 3.3.2beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3tests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta3

Weakness: CWE-281 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mrpw-gwj7-98r6 x_refsource_CONFIRM