CVE-2023-37906CWE-770

Discourse vulnerable to DoS via post edit reason

Medium · published July 28, 2023

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
44.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can edit a post in a topic and cause a DoS with a carefully crafted edit reason. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00543 · 44.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2023-07-28T15:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 JUL 15:13Z
    Discourse vulnerable to DoS via post edit reason
    cvelistv5