01 Record
CVE-2023-28107
Discourse vulnerable to multisite DoS by spamming backups
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score4.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
02 Description
Discourse vulnerable to multisite DoS by spamming backups
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-03-17 16:23Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-25 14:54Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-03-10
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f5ad4b84753b74e1e5c7fcfe3256f6a6f464d7c3633f1a54116574bd49fe2117
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-cp7c-fm4c-6xxx
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20700
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/20701
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0bd64788d2b4680c04fbef76314a24884d65fed9
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/78a3efa7104eed6dd3ed7a06a71e2705337d9e61