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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 10:51

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Discourse improperly sanitized user input leads to XSS

Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Improperly sanitized user input could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. The vulnerability is patched in 3.1.5 and 3.2.0.beta5. As a workaround, ensure Content Security Policy is enabled and does not include unsafe-inline.

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      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.2.0:beta3:*:*:beta:*:*:*",
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    "severity": "Medium"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-discourse-2024-23834",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T10:51:09.899Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/568d704a94c528b7c2cb0f3512a7b7b606bc3000"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rj3g-8q6p-63pc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-1-5-security-and-bug-fix-release/293094"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-2-0-beta5-add-groups-to-dms-mobile-chat-footer-redesign-passkeys-enabled-by-default-and-more/293093"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Discourse improperly sanitized user input leads to XSS"
}

CVE-2024-23834 (GCVE-0-2024-23834)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-30 21:31 – Updated: 2024-10-17 17:59

Title

Discourse improperly sanitized user input leads to XSS

Summary

Severity ?

6.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/568…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-1-5-security-and-b…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-2-0-beta5-add-grou…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	discourse	discourse	Affected: < 3.1.5 Affected: >= 3.2.0.beta1, < 3.2.0.beta5

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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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CVE-2024-23834 (GCVE-0-2024-23834)

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