What is CVE-2023-36818?

CVE-2023-36818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-07-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-36818?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-36818 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Discourse

CVE-2023-36818

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit `52b003d915`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Discourse — versions 3.1.0, = 3.1.0beta5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-36818?: CVE-2023-36818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-07-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-36818?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-36818 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.