Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-37906 - Unspecified vulnerability in Discourse
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
LOW Summary
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can edit a post in a topic and cause a DoS with a carefully crafted edit reason. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dcc825bda505a344eda403a1b8733f30e784034a
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dcc825bda505a344eda403a1b8733f30e784034a
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv6-47x6-mx7c
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pjv6-47x6-mx7c