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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 10:51

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Discourse secure uploads accessible to guests even when login is required

Details

Discourse is a platform for community discussion. Under very specific circumstances, secure upload URLs associated with posts can be accessed by guest users even when login is required. This vulnerability has been patched in 3.2.0.beta4 and 3.1.4.

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
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          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
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    }
  ],
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    "CVE-2023-49099"
  ],
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    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta3:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is a platform for community discussion. Under very specific circumstances, secure upload URLs associated with posts can be accessed by guest users even when login is required. This vulnerability has been patched in 3.2.0.beta4 and 3.1.4.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2023-49099",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:51:30.801Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1b288236387fc0a823e4f15f1aea8dde81b49d53"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-j67x-x6mq-pwv4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49099"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Discourse secure uploads accessible to guests even when login is required"
}

CVE-2023-49099 (GCVE-0-2023-49099)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 20:53 – Updated: 2025-06-17 21:09

Title

Discourse secure uploads accessible to guests even when login is required

Summary

Severity ?

3.1 (Low)


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

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1b2…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	discourse	discourse	Affected: < 3.1.4 Affected: >= 3.2.0beta1, < 3.2.0.beta4

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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-2023-49099 (GCVE-0-2023-49099)

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