Discourse is an open source discussion platform. When editing a topic, there is a vulnerability that enables a user to bypass the topic title validations for things like title length, number of emojis in title and blank topic titles. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse.
Published 2023-07-14 22:15:09
Updated 2023-07-27 03:45:37
Source GitHub, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validationBypassGain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2023-36466

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-36466

0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 21 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2023-36466

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.8
1.4
NIST
3.5
LOW CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.1
1.4
GitHub, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2023-36466

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
  • When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2023-36466

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