Privilege escalation in Discourse

CVE-2024-45297

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Users can see topics with a hidden tag if they know the label/name of that tag. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

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:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-45297: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Discourse — versions stable: < 3.3.2, beta: < 3.4.0.beta2, 3.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45297?
CVE-2024-45297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-45297?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.