CVE-2023-30606
MEDIUMDiscourse < 3.0.1 - Incorrect Permission Assignment
Title source: ruleDescription
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions a user logged as an administrator can call arbitrary methods on the `SiteSetting` class, notably `#clear_cache!` and `#notify_changed!`, which when done on a multisite instance, can affect the entire cluster resulting in a denial of service. Users not running in multisite environments are not affected. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jj93-w3mv-3jvv
Scores
CVSS v3
4.2
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-732
Status
published
Products (3)
discourse/discourse
3.1.0 beta1 (2 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse
< 3.0.1
discourse/discourse
< 3.1.0
Published
Apr 18, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026