{"id":"BIT-discourse-2023-36818","details":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit `52b003d915`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.","aliases":["CVE-2023-36818","GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm"],"modified":"2025-10-15T02:42:19.767290Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:56:14.187Z","database_specific":{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.1.0:beta5:*:*:beta:*:*:*"],"severity":"Medium"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/52b003d915761f1581ae2d105f3cbe76df7bf1ff"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gxqx-3q2p-37gm"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"discourse","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/discourse"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"3.1.0-beta5"},{"last_affected":"3.1.0-beta5"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2023-36818.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}