CVE-2024-53851 — MEDIUM (4.3)

Q: How severe is CVE-2024-53851?

CVE-2024-53851 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 4.3/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2024-53851?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Discourse Discourse.

Vulnerability Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions the endpoint for generating inline oneboxes for URLs wasn't enforcing limits on the number of URLs that it accepted, allowing a malicious user to inflict denial of service on some parts of the app. This vulnerability is only exploitable by authenticated users. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should turn off the `enable inline onebox on all domains` site setting and remove all entries from the `allowed inline onebox domains` site setting.

CVSS Score

4.3

MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

LOW

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Discourse	Discourse	< 3.3.3

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2024-53851?

CVE-2024-53851 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions the endpoint for generating inline oneboxes for URLs wasn't enforcing limits on the number of URLs that it accepted,...

How severe is CVE-2024-53851?

CVE-2024-53851 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 4.3/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2024-53851?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Discourse Discourse.