Discourse denial of service | CVE-2023-38498

NAME
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Discourse denial of service

Platforms Affected:
Discourse Discourse 3.1.0.beta6
Discourse Discourse 3.0.5

Risk Level:
4.3

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Bypass Security

DESCRIPTION
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Discourse is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the defer queue. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to prevent the defer queue from proceeding, and results in a denial of service condition.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Network



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