CVE-2023-45131
Unauthenticated access to new private chat messages in Discourse
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 1 on Exploit-DB
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. New chat messages can be read by making an unauthenticated POST request to MessageBus. This issue is patched in the 3.1.1 stable and 3.2.0.beta2 versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
- Public exploit on Exploit-DB
EDB-52375
Affected versions
- discourse discourse
stable < 3.1.2, beta < 3.2.0.beta2