cve-2023-38706
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-15 19:22
Modified
2024-09-24 18:20
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. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys which may end up exhausting the resources on the server. The issue is patched in version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7wpp-4pqg-gvp8Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7wpp-4pqg-gvp8Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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