CVE-2023-26040 (GCVE-0-2023-26040)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-03-17 14:45
Modified
2025-02-25 14:54
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Between versions 3.1.0.beta2 and 3.1.0.beta3 of the `tests-passed` branch, editing or responding to a chat message containing malicious content could lead to a cross-site scripting attack. This issue is patched in version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `tests-passed` branch. There are no known workarounds.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
discourse discourse Version: tests-passed > 3.1.0.beta2, < 3.1.0.beta3
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