| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Discourse. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-29196. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in Discourse (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. This vulnerability is not exploitable on the default install of Discourse. A custom feature must be enabled for it to work at all, and the attacker’s payload must pass the CSP to be executed. However, if an attacker succeeds in embedding Javascript that does pass the CSP, it could result in session hijacking for any users that view the attacker’s post. The vulnerability is patched in the latest tests-passed, beta and stable branches. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should enable and/or restore your site's CSP to the default one provided with Discourse. Remove any embed-able hosts configured.
The weakness was disclosed 04/19/2023 as GHSA-986p-4x8q-8f48. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-29196 since 04/03/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Name
License
Website
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔍VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 6.1
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 4.2
CNA Vector (GitHub, Inc.): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
04/03/2023 🔍04/19/2023 🔍
04/19/2023 🔍
05/13/2023 🔍
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: GHSA-986p-4x8q-8f48
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-29196 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-29196
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226777
Entry
Created: 04/19/2023 06:57Updated: 05/13/2023 15:55
Changes: 04/19/2023 06:57 (47), 05/13/2023 15:55 (11)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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