Resource exhaustion in Discourse - CVE-2023-22739

 

Resource exhaustion in Discourse - CVE-2023-22739

Published: January 27, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71598
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22739
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
Affected software:
Discourse

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not impose limits on data contained in a draft. A remote user can trigger resource exhaustion and creating a large topic drafts.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-22739

Install updates from vendor's website.

Sources