Medium severity · published Jan 12, 2024
CVE-2023-49099
Discourse is a platform for community discussion
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is a platform for community discussion. Under very specific circumstances, secure upload URLs associated with posts can be accessed by guest users even when login is required. This vulnerability has been patched in 3.2.0.beta4 and 3.1.4.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
before 3.1.4; 3.2.0; 3.2.0; 3.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49099
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49099
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1b288236387fc0a823e4f15f1aea8dde81b49d53
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-j67x-x6mq-pwv4
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