Flarum is a discussion platform for websites. If the first post of a discussion is permanently deleted but the discussion stays visible, any actor who can view the discussion is able to create a new reply via the REST API, no matter the reply permission or lock status. This includes users that don't have a validated email. Guests cannot successfully create a reply because the API will fail with a 500 error when the user ID 0 is inserted into the database. This happens because when the first post of a discussion is permanently deleted, the `first_post_id` attribute of the discussion becomes `null` which causes access control to be skipped for all new replies. Flarum automatically makes discussions with zero comments invisible so an additional condition for this vulnerability is that the discussion must have at least one approved reply so that `discussions.comment_count` is still above zero after the post deletion. This can open the discussion to uncontrolled spam or just unintentional replies if users still had their tab open before the vulnerable discussion was locked and then post a reply when they shouldn't be able to. In combination with the email notification settings, this could also be used as a way to send unsolicited emails. Versions between `v1.3.0` and `v1.6.3` are impacted. The vulnerability has been fixed and published as flarum/core v1.6.3. All communities running Flarum should upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds.
References
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https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/12f14112a0ecd1484d97330b82beb2a145919015 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/flarum/framework/releases/tag/v1.6.3 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-hph3-hv3c-7725 | Mitigation Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/12f14112a0ecd1484d97330b82beb2a145919015 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/flarum/framework/releases/tag/v1.6.3 | Release Notes Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-hph3-hv3c-7725 | Mitigation Third Party Advisory |
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References | () https://github.com/flarum/framework/commit/12f14112a0ecd1484d97330b82beb2a145919015 - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/flarum/framework/releases/tag/v1.6.3 - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-hph3-hv3c-7725 - Mitigation, Third Party Advisory |
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Summary | Flarum is a discussion platform for websites. If the first post of a discussion is permanently deleted but the discussion stays visible, any actor who can view the discussion is able to create a new reply via the REST API, no matter the reply permission or lock status. This includes users that don't have a validated email. Guests cannot successfully create a reply because the API will fail with a 500 error when the user ID 0 is inserted into the database. This happens because when the first post of a discussion is permanently deleted, the `first_post_id` attribute of the discussion becomes `null` which causes access control to be skipped for all new replies. Flarum automatically makes discussions with zero comments invisible so an additional condition for this vulnerability is that the discussion must have at least one approved reply so that `discussions.comment_count` is still above zero after the post deletion. This can open the discussion to uncontrolled spam or just unintentional replies if users still had their tab open before the vulnerable discussion was locked and then post a reply when they shouldn't be able to. In combination with the email notification settings, this could also be used as a way to send unsolicited emails. Versions between `v1.3.0` and `v1.6.3` are impacted. The vulnerability has been fixed and published as flarum/core v1.6.3. All communities running Flarum should upgrade as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds. |
Information
Published : 2023-01-13 19:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 07:44
NVD link : CVE-2023-22489
Mitre link : CVE-2023-22489
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-22489
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Products Affected
flarum
- flarum
CWE
CWE-862
Missing Authorization