What is CVE-2024-24827?

CVE-2024-24827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-24827?

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

Is CVE-2024-24827 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-2024-24827

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Without a rate limit on the POST /uploads endpoint, it makes it easier for an attacker to carry out a DoS attack on the server since creating an upload can be a resource intens…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.9th 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:N/A:L.

Affected products

Discourse — versions stable <= 3.2.0, beta < 3.3.0.beta1, tests-passed < 3.3.0.beta1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

NaInSec/CVE-LIST

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-24827?: CVE-2024-24827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-24827?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-24827 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.