CVE-2023-36818

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36818
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-36818.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-36818
Aliases
Published
2023-07-14T21:16:14Z
Modified
2026-10-28T02:30:44Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Denial of service via User Custom Sidebar Section Unlimited Link Creation in discourse
Details

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit 52b003d915. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-400"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/36xxx/CVE-2023-36818.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/discourse/discourse

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/discourse/discourse
Events
Introduced
286dfcacb44b76f1a3a89d85c4602ef957bebac0
Fixed
52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "= 3.1.0beta5"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "= 3.1.0beta5"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StandaloneSingleVersion"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.0-beta5
= 3.*
= 3.1.0beta5
v3.*
v3.1.0.beta5

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-36818.json"