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CVE-2023-23616lowCWE-400

Discourse membership requests lack character limit

8Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 3.5epss 0.7%
exploitation probability
0.7%top 51% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.1 on the `stable` branch and 3.1.0.beta2 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, when submitting a membership request, there is no character limit for the reason provided with the request. This could potentially allow a user to flood the database with a large amount of data. However it is unlikely this could be used as part of a DoS attack, as the paths reading back the reasons are only available to administrators. Starting in version 3.0.1 on the `stable` branch and 3.1.0.beta2 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a limit of 280 characters has been introduced for membership requests.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
discourse · discourse