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Discourse 3.1.x < 3.1.0.beta2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Discourse 3.1.x < 3.1.0.beta2 Multiple Vulnerabilities. Stored XSS, Spam topics, ReDoS, DoS vulnerabilities exist. Update to 3.1.0.beta2 or late

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:discourse:discourse";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.149208");
  script_version("2025-04-11T15:45:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-11 15:45:04 +0000 (Fri, 11 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-01-27 04:46:10 +0000 (Fri, 27 Jan 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-02-14 15:50:00 +0000 (Tue, 14 Feb 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-22468", "CVE-2023-23615", "CVE-2023-23620", "CVE-2023-23621",
                "CVE-2023-23624", "CVE-2023-22739", "CVE-2023-25167");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Discourse 3.1.x < 3.1.0.beta2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_discourse_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("discourse/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Discourse is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:

  - CVE-2023-22468: Stored XSS in local oneboxes

  - CVE-2023-23615: Malicious users can create spam topics as any user

  - CVE-2023-23620: Restricted tag routes leak topic information

  - CVE-2023-23621: ReDoS in user agent parsing

  - CVE-2023-23624: Exclude_tags param could leak which topics had a specific hidden tag

  - CVE-2023-22739: DoS through topic drafts

  - CVE-2023-25167: ReDoS through installing themes via git");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Discourse versions 3.1.x prior to 3.1.0.beta2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.1.0.beta2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-8mr2-xf8r-wr8m");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7mf3-5v84-wxq8");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hvj9-g84x-5prx");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mrfp-54hf-jrcv");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-qgj5-g5vf-fm7q");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rqgr-g6v7-jcfc");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4w55-w26q-r35w");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.1.0.beta1", test_version_up: "3.1.0.beta2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.1.0.beta2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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11 Apr 2025 00:00Current
5.5Medium risk
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