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TI-2024-25618 Aliases CVE-2024-38360

Denial of service via Watched Words in Discourse

Priority LOW 23CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions by creating replacement words with an almost unlimited number of characters, a moderator can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This issue has been addressed in stable version 3.2.3 and in current betas. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may manually remove the long watched words either via SQL or Rails console.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00469 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
discoursediscoursestable <= 3.2.2; beta <= 3.3.0.beta2; tests-passed <= 3.3.0.beta2—No fix listedCNA
  • discourse Vendordiscourse Affected stable <= 3.2.2; beta <= 3.3.0.beta2; tests-passed <= 3.3.0.beta2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:*before 3.3.0Vulnerablediscourse
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*before 3.3.2Vulnerablediscourse
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*3.3.0 beta1Vulnerablediscourse
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*3.3.0 beta2Vulnerablediscourse
  • cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:* Versions before 3.3.0 Vulnerable ·discourse
  • cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* Versions before 3.3.2 Vulnerable ·discourse
  • cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:* Versions 3.3.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·discourse
  • cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.3.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:* Versions 3.3.0 beta2 Vulnerable ·discourse

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38360

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-19656 Denial of Service in discourse CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2024-36150 Potential Backup file leaked via Nginx in Discourse CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-18002 RCE via malicious SNS subscription payload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-24651 Discourse: Open redirect via `sso_destination_url` cookie in `enter` CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2026-22278 Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2023-24152 Unauthenticated access to new private chat messages in Discourse CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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