CVE-2023-43659 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2023-43659 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 16/10/2023 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: discourse | Product: discourse
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-43659 Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Improper escaping of user input allowed for Cross-site Scripting attacks via the digest email preview UI. This issue only affects sites with CSP disabled. This issue has been patched in the 3.1.1 stable release as well as the 3.2.0.beta1 release. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should ensure CSP is enabled on the forum.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-79
CWE Name: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ( Cross-site Scripting )
Source: discourse

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).