cve-2023-36818
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-07-14 21:16
Modified
2024-10-18 17:39
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ffPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gmVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ffPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gmVendor Advisory
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