medium5.7
CVE-2022-23549
Discourse is an option source discussion platform.
Impact
Discourse is an option source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.14 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta16 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, users can create posts with raw body longer than the `max_length` site setting by including html comments that are not counted toward the character limit. This issue is patched in versions 2.8.14 and 2.9.0.beta16. There are no known workarounds.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Discourse | Discourse | before 2.8.14 Versions 2.9.0, 3.0.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/bf6b08670a927cc80bb090b7a2e710b4b554e6a8
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-p47g-v5wr-p4xp
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/bf6b08670a927cc80bb090b7a2e710b4b554e6a8
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-p47g-v5wr-p4xp