Medium severity · published Mar 17, 2023
CVE-2023-28107
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform
4.9
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.2 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a user logged as an administrator can request backups multiple times, which will eat up all the connections to the DB. If this is done on a site using multisite, then it can affect the whole cluster. The vulnerability is patched in version 3.0.2 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
through 3.0.1; before 3.1.0; 3.1.0; 3.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28107
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28107
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0bd64788d2b4680c04fbef76314a24884d65fed9
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/78a3efa7104eed6dd3ed7a06a71e2705337d9e61
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20700
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20701
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-cp7c-fm4c-6xxx
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