CVE-2024-43408

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

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Discourse

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.

Weaknesses

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.

CWE ID: 79

Date

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

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score
6.3
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.4
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

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

References