What is CVE-2024-52794?

CVE-2024-52794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-52794?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-52794 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Discourse

CVE-2024-52794

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Users clicking on the lightbox thumbnails could be affected. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Discourse — versions beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3, 3.4.0, stable: <= 3.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Beesco00/CVE-2024-52794-Discourse-Stored-XSS

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52794?: CVE-2024-52794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-52794?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-52794 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.