What is CVE-2024-53991?

CVE-2024-53991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-53991?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-53991 known to be exploited?

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

Information disclosure in Discourse

CVE-2024-53991

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. This vulnerability only impacts Discourse instances configured to use `FileStore::LocalStore` which means uploads and backups are stored locally on disk. If an attacker knows t…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.531 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-567m-82f6-56rv (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53991?: CVE-2024-53991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2024-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-53991?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-53991 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.