CVE-2023-38684

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38684
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38684.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-38684
Aliases
Published
2023-07-28T15:25:41Z
Modified
2025-10-30T20:28:30.583130Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Discourse vulnerable to ossible DDoS due to unbounded limits in various controller actions
Details

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.6 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches, in multiple controller actions, Discourse accepts limit params but does not impose any upper bound on the values being accepted. Without an upper bound, the software may allow arbitrary users to generate DB queries which may end up exhausting the resources on the server. The issue is patched in version 3.0.6 of the stable branch and version 3.1.0.beta7 of the beta and tests-passed branches. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-770"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/discourse/discourse

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/discourse/discourse
Events
Introduced
17daf077e2f11def391859f83d294bb71760b1cf
Fixed
263afe6b6a9d36ac9512cc32f82a4f7a53f0ee7e
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "3.1.0.beta1"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.1.0.beta7"
        }
    ]
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/discourse/discourse
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
c35038b00ba7c6d6534a538ea211b84d54fa0656
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.0.6"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.8.0
v0.8.1
v0.8.2
v0.8.3
v0.8.4
v0.8.5
v0.8.6
v0.8.7
v0.8.8
v0.8.9
v0.9.0
v0.9.1
v0.9.2
v0.9.2.5
v0.9.2.6
v0.9.3
v0.9.3.5
v0.9.4
v0.9.5
v0.9.5.1
v0.9.5.2
v0.9.6
v0.9.6.1
v0.9.6.2
v0.9.6.3
v0.9.6.4
v0.9.7
v0.9.7.1
v0.9.7.2
v0.9.7.3
v0.9.7.4
v0.9.7.5
v0.9.7.6
v0.9.7.7
v0.9.7.8
v0.9.7.9
v0.9.8
v0.9.8.1
v0.9.8.10
v0.9.8.11
v0.9.8.2
v0.9.8.3
v0.9.8.4
v0.9.8.5
v0.9.8.6
v0.9.8.7
v0.9.8.8
v0.9.8.9
v0.9.9.1
v0.9.9.10
v0.9.9.11
v0.9.9.12
v0.9.9.13
v0.9.9.14
v0.9.9.15
v0.9.9.16
v0.9.9.17
v0.9.9.18
v0.9.9.2
v0.9.9.3
v0.9.9.4
v0.9.9.5
v0.9.9.6
v0.9.9.7
v0.9.9.8
v0.9.9.9

v1.*

v1.0.0
v1.0.1
v1.0.2
v1.0.3
v1.0.4
v1.1.0
v1.1.0.beta2
v1.1.0.beta3
v1.1.0.beta4
v1.1.0.beta5
v1.1.0.beta6
v1.1.0.beta6b
v1.1.0.beta7
v1.1.0.beta8
v1.1.1
v1.1.2
v1.1.3
v1.2.0
v1.2.0.beta1
v1.2.0.beta2
v1.2.0.beta3
v1.2.0.beta4
v1.2.0.beta5
v1.2.0.beta6
v1.2.0.beta7
v1.2.0.beta8
v1.2.0.beta9
v1.2.1
v1.2.2
v1.2.3
v1.2.4
v1.3.0
v1.3.0.beta1
v1.3.0.beta10
v1.3.0.beta11
v1.3.0.beta2
v1.3.0.beta3
v1.3.0.beta4
v1.3.0.beta5
v1.3.0.beta6
v1.3.0.beta7
v1.3.0.beta9
v1.3.1
v1.3.2
v1.3.3
v1.3.4
v1.3.5
v1.4.0
v1.4.0.beta1
v1.4.0.beta10
v1.4.0.beta11
v1.4.0.beta12
v1.4.0.beta2
v1.4.0.beta3
v1.4.0.beta4
v1.4.0.beta5
v1.4.0.beta6
v1.4.0.beta7
v1.4.0.beta8
v1.4.0.beta9
v1.4.1
v1.4.2
v1.4.3
v1.4.4
v1.4.5
v1.4.6
v1.4.7
v1.5.0
v1.5.0.beta1
v1.5.0.beta10
v1.5.0.beta11
v1.5.0.beta12
v1.5.0.beta13
v1.5.0.beta13b
v1.5.0.beta14
v1.5.0.beta2
v1.5.0.beta3
v1.5.0.beta4
v1.5.0.beta5
v1.5.0.beta6
v1.5.0.beta7
v1.5.0.beta8
v1.5.0.beta9
v1.5.1
v1.5.2
v1.5.3
v1.5.4
v1.6.0
v1.6.0.beta1
v1.6.0.beta10
v1.6.0.beta11
v1.6.0.beta12
v1.6.0.beta2
v1.6.0.beta3
v1.6.0.beta4
v1.6.0.beta5
v1.6.0.beta6
v1.6.0.beta7
v1.6.0.beta8
v1.6.0.beta9
v1.6.1
v1.6.10
v1.6.2
v1.6.3
v1.6.4
v1.6.5
v1.6.6
v1.6.7
v1.6.8
v1.6.9
v1.7.0
v1.7.0.beta1
v1.7.0.beta10
v1.7.0.beta11
v1.7.0.beta2
v1.7.0.beta3
v1.7.0.beta4
v1.7.0.beta5
v1.7.0.beta6
v1.7.0.beta7
v1.7.0.beta8
v1.7.0.beta9
v1.7.1
v1.7.10
v1.7.2
v1.7.3
v1.7.4
v1.7.5
v1.7.6
v1.7.7
v1.7.8
v1.7.9
v1.8.0
v1.8.0.beta1
v1.8.0.beta10
v1.8.0.beta11
v1.8.0.beta12
v1.8.0.beta13
v1.8.0.beta2
v1.8.0.beta3
v1.8.0.beta4
v1.8.0.beta5
v1.8.0.beta6
v1.8.0.beta7
v1.8.0.beta8
v1.8.0.beta9
v1.8.1
v1.8.10
v1.8.11
v1.8.2
v1.8.3
v1.8.4
v1.8.5
v1.8.6
v1.8.7
v1.8.8
v1.8.9
v1.9.0
v1.9.0.beta1
v1.9.0.beta10
v1.9.0.beta11
v1.9.0.beta12
v1.9.0.beta13
v1.9.0.beta14
v1.9.0.beta15
v1.9.0.beta16
v1.9.0.beta17
v1.9.0.beta2
v1.9.0.beta3
v1.9.0.beta4
v1.9.0.beta5
v1.9.0.beta6
v1.9.0.beta7
v1.9.0.beta8
v1.9.0.beta9
v1.9.1
v1.9.2
v1.9.3
v1.9.4
v1.9.5
v1.9.6
v1.9.7

v2.*

v2.0.0
v2.0.0.beta1
v2.0.0.beta10
v2.0.0.beta2
v2.0.0.beta3
v2.0.0.beta4
v2.0.0.beta5
v2.0.0.beta6
v2.0.0.beta7
v2.0.0.beta8
v2.0.0.beta9
v2.0.1
v2.0.2
v2.0.3
v2.0.4
v2.0.5
v2.1.0
v2.1.0.beta1
v2.1.0.beta2
v2.1.0.beta3
v2.1.0.beta4
v2.1.0.beta5
v2.1.0.beta6
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.1.3
v2.1.4
v2.1.5
v2.1.6
v2.1.7
v2.1.8
v2.2.0
v2.2.0.beta1
v2.2.0.beta10
v2.2.0.beta2
v2.2.0.beta3
v2.2.0.beta4
v2.2.0.beta5
v2.2.0.beta6
v2.2.0.beta7
v2.2.0.beta8
v2.2.0.beta9
v2.2.1
v2.2.2
v2.2.3
v2.2.4
v2.2.5
v2.2.6
v2.3.0
v2.3.0.beta1
v2.3.0.beta10
v2.3.0.beta11
v2.3.0.beta2
v2.3.0.beta3
v2.3.0.beta4
v2.3.0.beta5
v2.3.0.beta6
v2.3.0.beta7
v2.3.0.beta8
v2.3.0.beta9
v2.3.1
v2.3.10
v2.3.2
v2.3.3
v2.3.4
v2.3.5
v2.3.6
v2.3.7
v2.3.8
v2.3.9
v2.4.0
v2.4.0.beta1
v2.4.0.beta10
v2.4.0.beta11
v2.4.0.beta2
v2.4.0.beta3
v2.4.0.beta4
v2.4.0.beta5
v2.4.0.beta6
v2.4.0.beta7
v2.4.0.beta8
v2.4.0.beta9
v2.4.1
v2.4.2
v2.4.3
v2.4.4
v2.4.5
v2.5.0
v2.5.0.beta1
v2.5.0.beta2
v2.5.0.beta3
v2.5.0.beta4
v2.5.0.beta5
v2.5.0.beta6
v2.5.0.beta7
v2.5.1
v2.5.2
v2.5.3
v2.5.4
v2.5.5
v2.6.0
v2.6.0.beta1
v2.6.0.beta2
v2.6.0.beta3
v2.6.0.beta4
v2.6.0.beta5
v2.6.0.beta6
v2.6.1
v2.6.2
v2.6.3
v2.6.4
v2.6.5
v2.6.6
v2.6.7
v2.7.0
v2.7.0.beta1
v2.7.0.beta2
v2.7.0.beta3
v2.7.0.beta4
v2.7.0.beta5
v2.7.0.beta6
v2.7.0.beta7
v2.7.0.beta8
v2.7.0.beta9
v2.7.1
v2.7.10
v2.7.11
v2.7.12
v2.7.13
v2.7.2
v2.7.3
v2.7.4
v2.7.5
v2.7.6
v2.7.7
v2.7.8
v2.7.9
v2.8.0
v2.8.0.beta1
v2.8.0.beta10
v2.8.0.beta11
v2.8.0.beta2
v2.8.0.beta3
v2.8.0.beta4
v2.8.0.beta5
v2.8.0.beta6
v2.8.0.beta7
v2.8.0.beta8
v2.8.0.beta9
v2.8.1
v2.8.10
v2.8.11
v2.8.12
v2.8.13
v2.8.14
v2.8.2
v2.8.3
v2.8.4
v2.8.5
v2.8.6
v2.8.7
v2.8.8
v2.8.9
v2.9.0.beta1
v2.9.0.beta10
v2.9.0.beta11
v2.9.0.beta12
v2.9.0.beta13
v2.9.0.beta14
v2.9.0.beta2
v2.9.0.beta3
v2.9.0.beta4
v2.9.0.beta5
v2.9.0.beta6
v2.9.0.beta7
v2.9.0.beta8
v2.9.0.beta9

v3.*

v3.0.0
v3.0.0.beta15
v3.0.0.beta16
v3.0.1
v3.0.2
v3.0.3
v3.0.4
v3.0.5
v3.1.0.beta1
v3.1.0.beta2
v3.1.0.beta3
v3.1.0.beta4
v3.1.0.beta5
v3.1.0.beta6