CVE-2024-53994

Feb. 4, 2025, 10:15 p.m.

4.3
Medium

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions users who disable chat in preferences could still be reachable in some cases. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the chat plugin within site settings.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Discourse
  • ['before 2.7.2']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-281
Improper Preservation of Permissions
The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mrpw-gwj7-98r6

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-281
2025-02-04
CVE-2024-53994

CVSS Score

4.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

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

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

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 4, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 4, 2025, 10:15 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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