CVE-2023-47121 (GCVE-0-2023-47121)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-10 15:13 – Updated: 2025-02-27 20:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Discourse SSRF vulnerability in Embedding
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, the embedding feature is susceptible to server side request forgery. 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. As a workaround, disable the Embedding feature.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-26 21:48 UTC
CWE
- CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5f2… | x_refsource_MISC |
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