CVE-2023-23615
Malicious users in Discourse can create spam topics as any user due to improper access control
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
Description
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. The embeddable comments can be exploited to create new topics as any user but without any clear title or content. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. As a workaround, disable embeddable comments by deleting all embeddable hosts.
How to fix CVE-2023-23615
To remediate CVE-2023-23615, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.0.1 or later
Is CVE-2023-23615 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |