CVE-2023-30606

MEDIUM

Discourse < 3.0.1 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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