CVE-2024-38360
Medium
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions by creating replacement words with an almost unlimited number of characters, a moderator can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This issue has been addressed in stable version 3.2.3 and in current betas. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually remove the long watched words either via SQL or Rails console.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Discourse
PublishedJul 15, 2024
First seenJul 15, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption
How to fix
Update
- discourse discourse3.3.0, 3.3.2 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| discourse discourse | v < 3.3.0, v < 3.3.2, 3.3.0 | 3.3.0, 3.3.2 |
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