CVE-2023-28440 Details
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions a maliciously crafted request from a Discourse administrator can lead to a long-running request and eventual timeout. This has the greatest potential impact in shared hosting environments where admins are untrusted. This issue has been addressed in versions 3.0.3 and 3.1.0.beta4. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Metrics
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:
No CVSS 4.0 data is available for this CVE.
CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:
No data available for CVSS Version 2.0 on this CVE.
CISA-ADP
Assessed Feb 6, 2025References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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| URL | Source(s) | Tag(s) |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-vm65-pv5h-6g3w | CVE | Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-vm65-pv5h-6g3w | [email protected] | Vendor Advisory |
Weakness Enumeration
| CWE-ID | CWE Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| NVD-CWE-noinfo | Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness | [email protected] |
| CWE-400 | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption | [email protected] |
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| discourse discourse | < 3.0.3 1.1.0 beta1 1.1.0 beta2 1.1.0 beta3 1.1.0 beta4 1.1.0 beta5 1.1.0 beta6 1.1.0 beta6b 1.1.0 beta7 1.1.0 beta8 1.2.0 beta1 1.2.0 beta2 1.2.0 beta3 1.2.0 beta4 1.2.0 beta5 1.2.0 beta6 1.2.0 beta7 1.2.0 beta8 1.2.0 beta9 1.3.0 beta1 1.3.0 beta10 1.3.0 beta11 1.3.0 beta2 1.3.0 beta3 1.3.0 beta4 1.3.0 beta5 1.3.0 beta6 1.3.0 beta7 1.3.0 beta8 1.3.0 beta9 1.4.0 beta1 1.4.0 beta10 1.4.0 beta11 1.4.0 beta12 1.4.0 beta2 1.4.0 beta3 1.4.0 beta4 1.4.0 beta5 1.4.0 beta6 1.4.0 beta7 1.4.0 beta8 1.4.0 beta9 1.5.0 beta1 1.5.0 beta10 1.5.0 beta11 1.5.0 beta12 1.5.0 beta13 1.5.0 beta13b 1.5.0 beta14 1.5.0 beta2 1.5.0 beta3 1.5.0 beta4 1.5.0 beta5 1.5.0 beta6 1.5.0 beta7 1.5.0 beta8 1.5.0 beta9 1.6.0 beta1 1.6.0 beta10 1.6.0 beta11 1.6.0 beta12 1.6.0 beta2 1.6.0 beta3 1.6.0 beta4 1.6.0 beta5 1.6.0 beta6 1.6.0 beta7 1.6.0 beta8 1.6.0 beta9 1.7.0 beta1 1.7.0 beta10 1.7.0 beta11 1.7.0 beta2 1.7.0 beta3 1.7.0 beta4 1.7.0 beta5 1.7.0 beta6 1.7.0 beta7 1.7.0 beta8 1.7.0 beta9 1.8.0 beta1 1.8.0 beta10 1.8.0 beta11 1.8.0 beta12 1.8.0 beta13 1.8.0 beta2 1.8.0 beta3 1.8.0 beta4 1.8.0 beta5 1.8.0 beta6 1.8.0 beta7 1.8.0 beta8 1.8.0 beta9 1.9.0 beta1 1.9.0 beta10 1.9.0 beta11 1.9.0 beta12 1.9.0 beta13 1.9.0 beta14 1.9.0 beta15 1.9.0 beta16 1.9.0 beta17 1.9.0 beta2 1.9.0 beta3 1.9.0 beta4 1.9.0 beta5 1.9.0 beta6 1.9.0 beta7 1.9.0 beta8 1.9.0 beta9 2.0.0 beta1 2.0.0 beta10 2.0.0 beta2 2.0.0 beta3 2.0.0 beta4 2.0.0 beta5 2.0.0 beta6 2.0.0 beta7 2.0.0 beta8 2.0.0 beta9 2.1.0 beta1 2.1.0 beta2 2.1.0 beta3 2.1.0 beta4 2.1.0 beta5 2.1.0 beta6 2.2.0 beta1 2.2.0 beta10 2.2.0 beta2 2.2.0 beta3 2.2.0 beta4 2.2.0 beta5 2.2.0 beta6 2.2.0 beta7 2.2.0 beta8 2.2.0 beta9 2.3.0 beta1 2.3.0 beta10 2.3.0 beta11 2.3.0 beta2 2.3.0 beta3 2.3.0 beta4 2.3.0 beta5 2.3.0 beta6 2.3.0 beta7 2.3.0 beta8 2.3.0 beta9 2.4.0 beta1 2.4.0 beta10 2.4.0 beta11 2.4.0 beta2 2.4.0 beta3 2.4.0 beta4 2.4.0 beta5 2.4.0 beta6 2.4.0 beta7 2.4.0 beta8 2.4.0 beta9 2.5.0 beta1 2.5.0 beta2 2.5.0 beta3 2.5.0 beta4 2.5.0 beta5 2.5.0 beta6 2.5.0 beta7 2.6.0 beta1 2.6.0 beta2 2.6.0 beta3 2.6.0 beta4 2.6.0 beta5 2.6.0 beta6 2.7.0 beta1 2.7.0 beta2 2.7.0 beta3 2.7.0 beta4 2.7.0 beta5 2.7.0 beta6 2.7.0 beta7 2.7.0 beta8 2.7.0 beta9 2.8.0 beta1 2.8.0 beta10 2.8.0 beta11 2.8.0 beta2 2.8.0 beta3 2.8.0 beta4 2.8.0 beta5 2.8.0 beta6 2.8.0 beta7 2.8.0 beta8 2.8.0 beta9 2.9.0 beta1 2.9.0 beta10 2.9.0 beta11 2.9.0 beta12 2.9.0 beta13 2.9.0 beta14 2.9.0 beta2 2.9.0 beta3 2.9.0 beta4 2.9.0 beta5 2.9.0 beta6 2.9.0 beta7 2.9.0 beta8 2.9.0 beta9 3.0.0 beta15 3.0.0 beta16 3.1.0 beta1 3.1.0 beta2 3.1.0 beta3 |
CPE
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Change History
5 change records found show changes
| Date | Action | Recorded By |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Jun 17, 2026 | CVE Modified | CISA-ADP |
| Nov 21, 2024 | CVE Modified | CVE |
| May 14, 2024 | CVE Modified | [email protected] |
| Apr 27, 2023 | Initial Analysis | [email protected] |