Resource exhaustion in Discourse - CVE-2023-23616
Published: January 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU71601
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23616
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
Affected software:
Discourse
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 the number of characters in the group membership request. A remote user can flood the database with a large amount of data and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-23616
Install updates from vendor's website.