7.2
HIGH
CVE-2023-43657
Discourse-Encrypt Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

discourse-encrypt is a plugin that provides a secure communication channel through Discourse. Improper escaping of encrypted topic titles could lead to a cross site scripting (XSS) issue when a site has content security policy (CSP) headers disabled. Having CSP disabled is a non-default configuration, and having it disabled with discourse-encrypt installed will result in a warning in the Discourse admin dashboard. This has been fixed in commit `9c75810af9` which is included in the latest version of the discourse-encrypt plugin. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that CSP headers are enabled and properly configured.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 28, 2023, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:24 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-43657 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-encrypt

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-43657 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-43657 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP
    Added Reference https://github.com/discourse/discourse-encrypt/commit/9c75810af9a474d7edaec67dea66f852c0ba1f4e
    Added Reference https://github.com/discourse/discourse-encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-5fh6-wp7p-xx7v
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Oct. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP No Types Assigned https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse-encrypt/commit/9c75810af9a474d7edaec67dea66f852c0ba1f4e No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse-encrypt/commit/9c75810af9a474d7edaec67dea66f852c0ba1f4e Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse-encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-5fh6-wp7p-xx7v No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse-encrypt/security/advisories/GHSA-5fh6-wp7p-xx7v Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse-encrypt:*:*:*:*:*:discourse:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2023-09-28
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-43657 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.08 }} 0.00%

score

0.35339

percentile

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