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CVE-2024-21658

4.3 · MEDIUM
Published Aug 30, 2024 discourse CWE-400 EPSS 0.36% (29th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2024-21658 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting discourse discourse_calendar. It was published on August 30, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

discourse-calendar is a discourse plugin which adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic. The limit on region value length is too generous. This allows a malicious actor to cause a Discourse instance to use excessive bandwidth and disk space. This issue has been patched in main the main branch. There are no workarounds for this vulnerability. Please upgrade as soon as possible.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from discourse. Update discourse_calendar to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
discourse discourse_calendar >= 0, < 2024-08-28 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-21658?

CVE-2024-21658 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting discourse discourse_calendar. It was published on August 30, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-21658?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-21658?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from discourse. Update discourse_calendar to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2024-21658?

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