Discourse permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Discourse up to beta 3.4.0.beta3/stable 3.3.2/tests-passed 3.4.0.beta3. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to permissions. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-53994. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Discourse up to beta 3.4.0.beta3/stable 3.3.2/tests-passed 3.4.0.beta3. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-281. The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-53994 since 11/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permissions
CWE: CWE-281 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/26/2024 🔍
02/05/2025 +71 days 🔍
02/05/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/26/2025 +232 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-mrpw-gwj7-98r6
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53994 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53994
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294695

Entryinfo

Created: 02/05/2025 06:45
Updated: 09/26/2025 00:00
Changes: 02/05/2025 06:45 (63), 09/26/2025 00:00 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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