CVE-2024-47772

Oct. 19, 2024, 12:58 a.m.

CVSS Score

6.1 / 10

Products Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
discourse
  • discourse
  • *, 3.4.0

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript on users' browsers by sending a maliciously crafted chat message and replying to it. This issue only affects sites with CSP disabled. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. All users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure CSP is enabled on the forum. Users who do upgrade should also consider enabling a CSP as well as a proactive measure.

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: Oct. 7, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 19, 2024, 12:58 a.m.

Status : Analyzed

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

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CPEs

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 / / /
a discourse discourse 3.4.0 beta1 / / beta / / /

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score
6.1
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References