Denial of service in Discourse



Published: 2024-07-23
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-38360
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Web applications / Forum & blogging software

Vendor Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU94664

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38360

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within Watched Words. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Discourse: 3.2.0 - 3.3.0 beta2

CPE2.3 External links

http://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-68pm-hm8x-pq2p
http://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7b53e610c17e38be982dffefa4e5b5a709a3b990


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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