CVE-2024-43408

Aug. 21, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

6.3
Medium

Description

Discourse Placeholder Forms will let you build dynamic documentation. Unsanitized and stored user input was injected in the html of the post. The vulnerability is fixed in commit a62f711d5600e4e5d86f342d52932cb6221672e7.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Discourse

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-placeholder-theme-component/commit/a62f711d5600e4e5d86f342d52932cb6221672e7
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-placeholder-theme-component/security/advisories/GHSA-9wx4-cmv3-g5jw

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-79
2024-08-20
CVE-2024-43408

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: LOW

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 20, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 21, 2024, 12:30 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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