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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 10:58

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Discourse vulnerable to SSRF protection bypass possible with IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses

Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches, attackers are able to bypass Discourse's server-side request forgery (SSRF) protection for private IPv4 addresses by using a IPv4-mapped IPv6 address. The issue is patched in the latest beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds.

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        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.1.0"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-28111"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "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": "High"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-discourse-2023-28111",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:58:28.677Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fd16eade7fcc6bba4b71e71106a2eb13cdfdae4a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20710"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-26h3-8ww8-v5fc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28111"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Discourse vulnerable to SSRF protection bypass possible with IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses"
}

CVE-2023-28111 (GCVE-0-2023-28111)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-17 17:00 – Updated: 2025-02-25 14:54

Title

Discourse vulnerable to SSRF protection bypass possible with IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses

Summary

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, attackers are able to bypass Discourse's server-side request forgery (SSRF) protection for private IPv4 addresses by using a IPv4-mapped IPv6 address. The issue is patched in the latest beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

Severity ?

5.7 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20710	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fd1…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

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

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2023-28111 (GCVE-0-2023-28111)

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