CVE-2024-23834

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    CVE-2024-23834

    Published: 30 Jan 2024Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary: Discourse improperly sanitized user input leads to XSS

    Details: Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Improperly sanitized user input could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. The vulnerability is patched in 3.1.5 and 3.2.0.beta5. As a workaround, ensure Content Security Policy is enabled and does not include `unsafe-inline`.

    References: https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-1-5-security-and-bug-fix-release/293094, https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-2-0-beta5-add-groups-to-dms-mobile-chat-footer-redesign-passkeys-enabled-by-default-and-more/293093, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/23xxx/CVE-2024-23834.json, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-rj3g-8q6p-63pc, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23834, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/568d704a94c528b7c2cb0f3512a7b7b606bc3000

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -c7c1cac8146c9365d996a1dc182830c0a760a435

    Affected versions

    3.2.0-beta1
    3.2.0-beta2
    3.2.0-beta3
    3.2.0-beta4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High