Discourse SiteSetting permission assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Discourse. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function SiteSetting. Performing a manipulation results in permission assignment. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-30606. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Discourse (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function SiteSetting. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions a user logged as an administrator can call arbitrary methods on the `SiteSetting` class, notably `#clear_cache!` and `#notify_changed!`, which when done on a multisite instance, can affect the entire cluster resulting in a denial of service. Users not running in multisite environments are not affected. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The weakness was shared 04/19/2023 as GHSA-jj93-w3mv-3jvv. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-30606 since 04/13/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 1.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission assignment
CWE: CWE-732 / CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/13/2023 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-jj93-w3mv-3jvv
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-30606 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-30606
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226779

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2023 06:58
Updated: 05/13/2023 16:06
Changes: 04/19/2023 06:58 (47), 05/13/2023 16:06 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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