Headline
CVE-2023-36466: Topic Title Validation Skipped When Changing Category
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. When editing a topic, there is a vulnerability that enables a user to bypass the topic title validations for things like title length, number of emojis in title and blank topic titles. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse.
Package
Discourse (Discourse)
Affected versions
stable <= 3.0.4; beta <= 3.1.0.beta5; tests-passed <= 3.1.0.beta5
Patched versions
stable >= 3.0.5; beta >= 3.1.0.beta6; tests-passed >= 3.1.0.beta6
Description
Impact
When editing a topic, there is a vulnerability that enables a user to bypass the topic title validations for things like title length, number of emojis in title and blank topic titles.
Patches
The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse.
Workarounds
None