CVE-2023-30538

MEDIUM

Discourse < 3.0.2 and < 3.1.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Due to the improper sanitization of SVG files, an attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript on the users’ browsers by uploading a crafted SVG file. This issue is patched in the latest stable and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. For users unable to upgrade there are two possible workarounds: enable CDN handing of uploads (and ensure the CDN sanitizes SVG files) or disable SVG file uploads by ensuring that the `authorized extensions` site setting does not include `svg` (or reset that setting to the default, by default Discourse doesn't enable SVG uploads by users).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-w5mv-4pjf-xj43

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0031
EPSS Percentile 54.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (3)
discourse/discourse 3.1.0 beta1 (3 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse < 3.0.2
discourse/discourse < 3.1.0
Published Apr 18, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026