VDB-294701 · CVE-2024-53266 · GHSA-hw4j-4hg7-22h2

Discourse up to stable 3.3.2 Activity Stream cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Discourse up to stable 3.3.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Activity Stream. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-53266. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Discourse up to stable 3.3.2 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Activity Stream. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions with some combinations of plugins, and with CSP disabled, activity streams in the user's profile page may be vulnerable to XSS. This has been patched in the latest version of Discourse core. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure CSP is enabled.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-53266 since 11/19/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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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Productinfo

Type

Chat Software

Name

Discourse

Version

License

open-source

Website

Product: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.4
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

11/19/2024 🔍
02/05/2025 +78 days 🔍
02/05/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/25/2025 +232 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-hw4j-4hg7-22h2
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53266 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-294701

Entryinfo

Created: 02/05/2025 06:48
Updated: 09/25/2025 23:18
Changes: 02/05/2025 06:48 (64), 09/25/2025 23:18 (12)
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