CVE-2023-44388

Discourse (open source forum software) is affected by CVE-2023-44388: a malicious request can cause production log files to rapidly fill, leading to disk-space exhaustion. Affected versions: 3.1.1 (stable) and 3.2.0.beta2. The workaround mentioned is reducing the nginx client_max_body_size direct...

CVE-2023-43814 Exposure of poll options and votes to unauthorized users in Discourse

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Attackers with details specific to a poll in a topic can use the /polls/groupedpollresults endpoint to view the content of options in the poll and the number of votes for groups of poll participants. This impacts private polls where t...

CVE-2023-43814

CVE-2023-43814 affects the Discourse poll feature, where attackers could exploit the /polls/grouped_poll_results endpoint to view poll options and vote counts for groups of participants in private polls. The root issue is improper access exposure for poll results. According to connected sources, ...

Webinar: How vCISOs Can Navigating the Complex World of AI and LLM Security

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, the integration of Artificial Intelligence AI and Large Language Models LLMs has become ubiquitous across various industries. This wave of innovation promises improved efficiency and performance, but lurking beneath the surface are complex...

Stored XSS in function Add discussion at the Copyediting section

Description I tested the demo site you provided and I see that there is a stored XSS in function Add discussion Proof of Concept payload: thanh"alert1 Steps 1. Login as any user 2. In the Unassigned section and click view 3. In the Workflow click Copyediting section and Add discussion 4. Insert...

SUSE SLES15: libopenvswitch-3_1-0 / libovn-23_03-0 / openvswitch3 / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:3710-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLESSAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3710-1 advisory. - CVE-2023-3153: Fixed service monitor MAC flow is not rate limited bsc1212125. Tenable has extracted the preceding...

CVE-2023-41042

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the stable branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the beta and tests-passed branches, importing a remote theme loads their assets into memory without enforcing limits for file size or number of files. The issue is patched in...

Design/Logic Flaw

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the stable branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the beta and tests-passed branches, a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys which may end up exhausting the resources on the server...

Design/Logic Flaw

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the stable branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the beta and tests-passed branches, importing a remote theme loads their assets into memory without enforcing limits for file size or number of files. The issue is patched in...

CVE-2023-41043

Discourse DoS CVE-2023-41043 affects the Discourse platform prior to 3.1.1 (stable) and 3.2.0.beta1 (beta/tests-passed). A malicious admin could generate extremely large icons sprites that are cached per server process, potentially triggering DoS downtime on multisite deployments. The issue is fi...

CVE-2023-41043 Discourse DoS via SvgSprite cache

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the stable branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the beta and tests-passed branches, a malicious admin could create extremely large icons sprites, which would then be cached in each server process. This may cause server...

CVE-2023-41042

CVE-2023-41042 affects the open‑source forum software Discourse. Prior to Discourse 3.1.1 (stable) and 3.2.0.beta1 (beta/tests-passed), importing a remote theme could load assets into memory without enforcing limits on file size or number of files. This could enable a DoS condition described acro...

CVE-2023-40588 Discourse DoS via 2FA and Security Key Names

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the stable branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the beta and tests-passed branches, a malicious user could add a 2FA or security key with a carefully crafted name to their account and cause a denial of service for other users...

CVE-2023-38706

Discourse (open‑source forum software) contains a DoS vulnerability (CVE-2023-38706) where a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys, exhausting server resources. Affected are stable branch < 3.1.1 and beta/tests-passed branches

Film companies lose battle to unmask Reddit users

An interesting case marking the limits of what data big business can expect to dig up has concluded its day or to be more accurate, many days in court. Ars Technica reports that film companies have lost their battle to make social site Reddit identify anonymous users discussing piracy. No fewer...

A Bootiful Podcast: UL Systems founder and chairman Shigeru Urushibara interviews.. me?

Hi, Spring fans! I just crossed 13 years on the Spring team! I just got to spend a lovely day in the presence of one of my heroes and friends, UL Systems founder and chairman, Shigeru Urushibara-san @ulsystems, here in Tokyo, Japan, and in this episode, we sort of flip the script. We had a brief...

CVE-2023-38684

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches, in multiple controller actions, Discourse accepts limit params but does not impose any upper bound on the values being accepted. Without an...

CVE-2023-38498

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches, a malicious user can prevent the defer queue from proceeding promptly on sites hosted in the same multisite installation. The issue is patche...

CVE-2023-37904

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches, more users than permitted could be created from invite links. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the stable branch and version...

Design/Logic Flaw

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches, information about restricted-visibility topic tags could be obtained by unauthorized users. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the stab...