Discourse denial of service | CVE-2023-30606
NAME
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Discourse denial of service
Platforms Affected:
Discourse Discourse 3.0.1
Discourse Discourse 3.1.0.beta2
Risk Level:
4.5
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Denial of Service
DESCRIPTION
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Discourse is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw when calling arbitrary methods on the “SiteSetting” class, notably “#clear_cache!” and “#notify_changed!”. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Network
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