Discourse
CVE-2023-28112
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability could allow attackers to make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and allowlist destination URLs, block requests to internal networks, use network segmentation.
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This vulnerability is classified as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918), which allows attackers to make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources. Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches, some user provided URLs were being passed to FastImage without SSRF protection. Insufficient protections could enable attackers to trigger outbound network connections from the Discourse server to private IP addresses. This affects any site running the tests-passed or beta branches versions 3.1.0.beta2 and prior. This issue is patched in version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds. Affected products include: Discourse. Version information: version 3.1.0..
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches, some user provided URLs were being passed to FastImage without SSRF protection. Insufficient protections could enable attackers to trigger outbound network connections from the Discourse server to private IP addresses. This affects any site running the tests-passed or beta branches versions 3.1.0.beta2 and prior. This issue is patched in version 3.1.0.beta3 of the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds.
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
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