CVE-2024-38360
Discourse Miscoded Replacement Character Denial of Service
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions by creating replacement words with an almost unlimited number of characters, a moderator can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This issue has been addressed in stable version 3.2.3 and in current betas. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually remove the long watched words either via SQL or Rails console.
INFO
Published Date :
July 15, 2024, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 16, 2024, 1:43 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-38360.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7b53e610c17e38be982dffefa4e5b5a709a3b990 | |
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-68pm-hm8x-pq2p |
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Jul. 15, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions by creating replacement words with an almost unlimited number of characters, a moderator can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This issue has been addressed in stable version 3.2.3 and in current betas. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually remove the long watched words either via SQL or Rails console. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-68pm-hm8x-pq2p [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7b53e610c17e38be982dffefa4e5b5a709a3b990 [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-400 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-38360 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-38360
weaknesses.