What is CVE-2023-48297?

CVE-2023-48297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2024-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2023-48297?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Discourse

CVE-2023-48297

Discourse is a platform for community discussion. The message serializer uses the full list of expanded chat mentions (@all and @here) which can lead to a very long array of users. This issue was patched in versions 3.1.4 and beta 3.2.0.be…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Discourse — versions >= 3.2.0beta1, < 3.2.0.beta4, 3.2.0, < 3.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48297?: CVE-2023-48297 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2024-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-48297?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.