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.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 4.2 MEDIUM Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
l➤ Exploitability Metrics: Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH Privileges Required (PR)* HIGH User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED Scope (S)* UNCHANGED