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Discourse 2.8.x < 2.8.0.beta10 DoS Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Discourse is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Admins users can trigger a Denial of Service attack via the /message-bus/_diagnostics path. The impact of this vulnerability is greater on multisite Discourse instances (where multiple forums are served from a single application server) where any admin user on any of the forums are able to visit the /message-bus/_diagnostics path.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Discourse version 2.8.0.beta1 through 2.8.0.beta9.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.8.0.beta10 or later.