CVE-2024-38360
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions by creating replacement words with an almost unlimited number of characters, a moderator can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This issue has been addressed in stable version 3.2.3 and in current betas. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually remove the long watched words either via SQL or Rails console.
Published:Jul 15, 2024
Last Modified:Aug 26, 2025
EPS:Jul 15, 2024
EPSS Score:0.0028
CVSS Score:4.9
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Discourse
Product
Discourse
Discourse
Discourse
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
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Changed
Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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High
