CVE-2024-21658
Discourse Calendar Insufficient Input Validation Denial of Service (DoS)
Description
discourse-calendar is a discourse plugin which adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic. The limit on region value length is too generous. This allows a malicious actor to cause a Discourse instance to use excessive bandwidth and disk space. This issue has been patched in main the main branch. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability. Please upgrade as soon as possible.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 30, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 5, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2024-21658
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-21658.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse-calendar/security/advisories/GHSA-65f2-9ghp-x8h8 | Vendor Advisory |
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CVE-2024-21658 vulnerability over time.
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Reanalysis by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse_calendar:-:*:*:*:*:discourse:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:discourse:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2024-08-28 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 05, 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-calendar/security/advisories/GHSA-65f2-9ghp-x8h8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse-calendar/security/advisories/GHSA-65f2-9ghp-x8h8 Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-770 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse_calendar:-:*:*:*:*:discourse:*:* -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Aug. 30, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description discourse-calendar is a discourse plugin which adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic. The limit on region value length is too generous. This allows a malicious actor to cause a Discourse instance to use excessive bandwidth and disk space. This issue has been patched in main the main branch. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability. Please upgrade as soon as possible. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse-calendar/security/advisories/GHSA-65f2-9ghp-x8h8 [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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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-21658 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-21658
weaknesses.