CVE-2023-23616 (GCVE-0-2023-23616)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-10 21:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Discourse membership requests lack character limit
Summary
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.1 on the `stable` branch and 3.1.0.beta2 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, when submitting a membership request, there is no character limit for the reason provided with the request. This could potentially allow a user to flood the database with a large amount of data. However it is unlikely this could be used as part of a DoS attack, as the paths reading back the reasons are only available to administrators. Starting in version 3.0.1 on the `stable` branch and 3.1.0.beta2 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a limit of 280 characters has been introduced for membership requests.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-10 20:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
GitHub_M
CNA
References
Impacted products
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