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CVE-2023-38498

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
4.3CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

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 prevent the defer queue from proceeding promptly on sites hosted in the same multisite installation. 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. Users of multisite configurations should upgrade.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactLow
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/26e267478d785e2f32ee7da4613e2cf4a65ff182 ↗