CVE-2023-36473
MEDIUMDiscourse < 3.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting via CSP Nonce Reuse
Title source: llmDescription
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A CSP (Content Security Policy) nonce reuse vulnerability could allow XSS attacks to bypass CSP protection. There are no known XSS vectors at the moment, but should one be discovered, this vulnerability would allow the XSS attack to completely bypass CSP. The vulnerability is patched in the latest tests-passed, beta and stable branches.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-9f52-624j-8ppq
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
37.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (5)
discourse/discourse
1.1.0 beta1 (9 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse
1.2.0 beta1 (9 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse
1.3.0 beta1 (11 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse
1.4.0 beta1 (12 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse
1.5.0 beta1 (9 CPE variants)
Published
Jul 13, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026