CVE-2024-43789
Oct. 19, 2024, 1:13 a.m.
4.3
Medium
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A user can create a post with many replies, and then attempt to fetch them all at once. This can potentially reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Discourse |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | discourse | discourse | / | / | / | / | stable | / | / | / |
| a | discourse | discourse | / | / | / | / | beta | / | / | / |
| a | discourse | discourse | 3.4.0 | - | / | / | beta | / | / | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: NONE
- Availability Impact: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Timeline
Published: Oct. 7, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 19, 2024, 1:13 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 19, 2024, 1:13 a.m.
Status : Analyzed
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More infoSource
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