XSS in Discourse Calendar

CVE-2024-45303

Discourse Calendar plugin adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic to Discourse. Rendering event names can be susceptible to XSS attacks. This vulnerability only affects sites which have modified or disabled Discourse’s default Content Security Policy. The issue is patched in version 0.5 of the Discourse Calendar plugin.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.5% 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-2024-45303: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45303?
CVE-2024-45303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse Calendar, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-45303?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.