4.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-30606
Discourse Administrators Arbitrary Method Invocation DOS
Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions a user logged as an administrator can call arbitrary methods on the `SiteSetting` class, notably `#clear_cache!` and `#notify_changed!`, which when done on a multisite instance, can affect the entire cluster resulting in a denial of service. Users not running in multisite environments are not affected. 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 vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

April 18, 2023, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 28, 2023, 3:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-30606 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Discourse discourse
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jj93-w3mv-3jvv Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-30606 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jj93-w3mv-3jvv No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jj93-w3mv-3jvv Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-732
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.1 *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.1.0 *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} -0.01%

score

0.21187

percentile

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