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Discourse 3.1.x < 3.1.0.beta1 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Discourse 3.1.x < 3.1.0.beta1 DoS Vulnerabilit

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.149211");
  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:"2023-01-30 06:28:22 +0000 (Mon, 30 Jan 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-02-06 19:30:00 +0000 (Mon, 06 Feb 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-22740");

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

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

  script_name("Discourse 3.1.x < 3.1.0.beta1 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_discourse_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("discourse/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Discourse is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Users can create chat drafts of an unlimited length, which can
  cause a denial of service by generating an excessive load on the server. Additionally an
  unlimited number of drafts were loaded when loading the user.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Discourse versions 3.1.x prior to 3.1.0.beta1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.1.0.beta1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pwj4-rf62-p224");

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

exit(99);

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11 Apr 2025 00:00Current
5.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.3
CVSS 3.14.3 - 6.5
EPSS0.00683
SSVC
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