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CVE-2023-22740

Published: Jan 27, 2023

Modified: Mar 10, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.3

MEDIUM

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 3.1.0.beta1 (beta) (tests-passed) are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Users can create chat drafts of an unlimited length, which can cause a denial of service by generating an excessive load on the server. Additionally, an unlimited number of drafts were loaded when loading the user. This issue has been patched in version 2.1.0.beta1 (beta) and (tests-passed). Users should upgrade to the latest version where a limit has been introduced. There are no workarounds available.

VendorProductVersions

discourse

discourse

affected
beta < 3.1.0.beta1; tests-passed < 3.1.0.beta1

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

References

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