What is CVE-2024-27100?

CVE-2024-27100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-27100?

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

Is CVE-2024-27100 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-2024-27100

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions the endpoints for suspending users, silencing users and exporting CSV files weren't enforcing limits on the sizes of the parameters that they accept. This…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.1th 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 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-2024-27100?: CVE-2024-27100 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-27100?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-27100 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.