What is CVE-2023-23615?

CVE-2023-23615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-23615?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Discourse

CVE-2023-23615

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. The embeddable comments can be exploited to create new topics as any user but without any clear title or content. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. As a workaround, disable embeddable comments by deleting all embeddable hosts.

EPSS: 0.005 (37.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Discourse — versions 2.4.0, < 3.1.0.beta2, 3.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-23615?: CVE-2023-23615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-23615?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.