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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-07-09 08:43

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Discourse missing authorization checks for suspending admins/moderators

Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.2.3 on the stable branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the beta branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the tests-passed branch, a rogue staff user could suspend other staff users preventing them from logging in to the site. The issue is patched in version 3.2.3 on the stable branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the beta branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the tests-passed branch. No known workarounds are available.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-36113"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.2.3 on the `stable` branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the `beta` branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the `tests-passed` branch, a rogue staff user could suspend other staff users preventing them from logging in to the site. The issue is patched in version 3.2.3 on the `stable` branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the `beta` branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the `tests-passed` branch. No known workarounds are available.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2024-36113",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-07-09T08:43:25.553Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8470546f59b04bd82ce9b711406758fd5439936d"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9c4a5f39d3ad351410a1453ff5e5f7ffce17cd7e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-3w3f-76p7-3c4g"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36113"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Discourse missing authorization checks for suspending admins/moderators"
}

CVE-2024-36113 (GCVE-0-2024-36113)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-03 19:07 – Updated: 2024-08-02 03:30

Title

Discourse missing authorization checks for suspending admins/moderators

Summary

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.2.3 on the `stable` branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the `beta` branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the `tests-passed` branch, a rogue staff user could suspend other staff users preventing them from logging in to the site. The issue is patched in version 3.2.3 on the `stable` branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the `beta` branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the `tests-passed` branch. No known workarounds are available.

Severity ?

4.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/847…	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9c4…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	discourse	discourse	Affected: stable < 3.2.3 Affected: tests-passed < 3.3.0.beta4-dev Affected: beta < 3.3.0.beta3

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2024-36113 (GCVE-0-2024-36113)

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