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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 10:58

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Discourse vulnerable to multisite DoS by spamming backups

Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.2 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches, a user logged as an administrator can request backups multiple times, which will eat up all the connections to the DB. If this is done on a site using multisite, then it can affect the whole cluster. The vulnerability is patched in version 3.0.2 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds.

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
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              "introduced": "0"
            },
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              "fixed": "3.1.0"
            }
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        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
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        }
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-28107"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.2 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a user logged as an administrator can request backups multiple times, which will eat up all the connections to the DB. If this is done on a site using multisite, then it can affect the whole cluster. The vulnerability is patched in version 3.0.2 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2023-28107",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:58:39.576Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0bd64788d2b4680c04fbef76314a24884d65fed9"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/78a3efa7104eed6dd3ed7a06a71e2705337d9e61"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20700"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20701"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-cp7c-fm4c-6xxx"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28107"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Discourse vulnerable to multisite DoS by spamming backups"
}

CVE-2023-28107 (GCVE-0-2023-28107)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-17 16:23 – Updated: 2025-02-25 14:54

Title

Discourse vulnerable to multisite DoS by spamming backups

Summary

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.2 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a user logged as an administrator can request backups multiple times, which will eat up all the connections to the DB. If this is done on a site using multisite, then it can affect the whole cluster. The vulnerability is patched in version 3.0.2 of the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

Severity

4.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-25 14:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20700	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20701	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0bd…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/78a…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
discourse	discourse	Affected: stable < 3.0.2 Affected: beta < 3.1.0.beta3 Affected: tests-passed < 3.1.0.beta3

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