CVE-2023-36818

Published Jul 14, 2023

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: security-advisories@github.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
security-advisories@github.com: CWE-400

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta5:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9FE11D4E-32EE-48F4-8082-B37D2F804450"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References