CVE-2023-47119 (GCVE-0-2023-47119)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-10 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-03 18:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
HTML injection in oneboxed links
Summary
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 3.1.3 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, some links can inject arbitrary HTML tags when rendered through our Onebox engine. The issue is patched in version 3.1.3 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-03 18:52 UTC
CWE
- CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/628… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d78… | x_refsource_MISC |
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