CVE-2022-23549: Discourse vulnerable to bypass of post max_length using HTML comments
Vendor fix available · Affected: discourse · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 50% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Discourse is an option source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.14 on the `stable` branch and version 2.9.0.beta16 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, users can create posts with raw body longer than the `max_length` site setting by including html comments that are not counted toward the character limit. This issue is patched in versions 2.8.14 and 2.9.0.beta16. There are no known workarounds.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- discourse · discoursefrom 2.8.14 before 2.8.14; from 2.9.0.beta0 up to and including 2.9.0.beta0; from 2.9.0.beta16 before 2.9.0.beta16
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- discourse
- Published
- January 2023
CoverageNo articles yet
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