CVE-2023-22739

Summary

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.0.1 (stable), 3.1.0.beta2 (beta), and 3.1.0.beta2 (tests-passed) are subject to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. As there is no limit on data contained in a draft, a malicious user can create an arbitrarily large draft, forcing the instance to a crawl. This issue is patched in versions 3.0.1 (stable), 3.1.0.beta2 (beta), and 3.1.0.beta2 (tests-passed). There are no workarounds.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
discoursediscoursestable < 3.0.1affected
discoursediscoursebeta < 3.1.0.beta2affected
discoursediscoursetests-passed <3.1.0.beta2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-770: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References