What is CVE-2024-53994?

CVE-2024-53994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2024-53994?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-53994 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Discourse

CVE-2024-53994

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions users who disable chat in preferences could still be reachable in some cases. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the chat plugin within site settings.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53994?: CVE-2024-53994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-53994?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-53994 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.