CVE-2024-43789
Denial of service by the absence of restrictions on replies to posts in Discourse
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A user can create a post with many replies, and then attempt to fetch them all at once. This can potentially reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-43789
To remediate CVE-2024-43789, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.3.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-43789 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.3.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |