CVE-2024-53994

MEDIUM

Discourse - Improper Preservation of Permissions in Chat Preferences

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions users who disable chat in preferences could still be reachable in some cases. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the chat plugin within site settings.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 17.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-281
Status published
Products (3)
discourse/discourse 3.4.0 beta1 (3 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse < 3.3.3
discourse/discourse < 3.4.0
Published Feb 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026