High severity · published Jul 14, 2023
CVE-2023-36818
Discourse is an open source discussion platform
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
3.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36818
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36818
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm
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