CVE-2023-25167

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a malicious user can cause a regular expression denial of service using a carefully crafted git URL. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ec4c30270887366dc28788bc4ab8a22a098573cd	Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4w55-w26q-r35w	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ec4c30270887366dc28788bc4ab8a22a098573cd	Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4w55-w26q-r35w	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta1:::beta:::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:49

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ec4c30270887366dc28788bc4ab8a22a098573cd - Patch~~	() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ec4c30270887366dc28788bc4ab8a22a098573cd - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4w55-w26q-r35w - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4w55-w26q-r35w - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~5.7~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5

Information

Published : 2023-02-08 20:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:49

NVD link : CVE-2023-25167

Mitre link : CVE-2023-25167

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-25167

JSON object : View

Products Affected

discourse

discourse

CWE

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

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