CVE-2024-21655
Discourse Excessive Disk Space and Bandwidth Abuse Vulnerability
Description
Discourse is a platform for community discussion. For fields that are client editable, limits on sizes are not imposed. This allows a malicious actor to cause a Discourse instance to use excessive disk space and also often excessive bandwidth. The issue is patched 3.1.4 and 3.2.0.beta4.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 12, 2024, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 25, 2024, 3:36 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2024-21655 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-21655.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5fc-94mm-38fx | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2024-21655 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]
Jan. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5fc-94mm-38fx No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5fc-94mm-38fx Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-770 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.1.4 *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta3:*:*:beta:*:*:* -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Jan. 12, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Discourse is a platform for community discussion. For fields that are client editable, limits on sizes are not imposed. This allows a malicious actor to cause a Discourse instance to use excessive disk space and also often excessive bandwidth. The issue is patched 3.1.4 and 3.2.0.beta4. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5fc-94mm-38fx [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-400 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-21655 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-21655
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12275
percentile