CVE-2024-53851
Discourse URL Inline Onebox DoS Vulnerability
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions the endpoint for generating inline oneboxes for URLs wasn't enforcing limits on the number of URLs that it accepted, allowing a malicious user to inflict denial of service on some parts of the app. This vulnerability is only exploitable by authenticated users. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should turn off the `enable inline onebox on all domains` site setting and remove all entries from the `allowed inline onebox domains` site setting.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 4, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 4, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-53851.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/416ec83ae57924d721e6e374f4cda78bd77a4599 | |
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-49rv-574x-wgpc |
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Feb. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions the endpoint for generating inline oneboxes for URLs wasn't enforcing limits on the number of URLs that it accepted, allowing a malicious user to inflict denial of service on some parts of the app. This vulnerability is only exploitable by authenticated users. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should turn off the `enable inline onebox on all domains` site setting and remove all entries from the `allowed inline onebox domains` site setting. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CWE CWE-400 Added Reference https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/416ec83ae57924d721e6e374f4cda78bd77a4599 Added Reference https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-49rv-574x-wgpc
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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