CVE-2024-36113

MEDIUM6.5EPSS 0.08%

Discourse missing authorization checks for suspending admins/moderators

Published: 7/9/2024Modified: 10/15/2025

Also known as:GHSA-3w3f-76p7-3c4gBIT-discourse-2024-36113

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.2.3 on the `stable` branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the `beta` branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the `tests-passed` branch, a rogue staff user could suspend other staff users preventing them from logging in to the site. The issue is patched in version 3.2.3 on the `stable` branch, version 3.3.0.beta3 on the `beta` branch, and version 3.3.0.beta4-dev on the `tests-passed` branch. No known workarounds are available.

Affected packages (1)

Bitnami/discoursefrom 0, < 3.2.3

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (4)

WEBhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8470546f59b04bd82ce9b711406758fd5439936d
WEBhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9c4a5f39d3ad351410a1453ff5e5f7ffce17cd7e
WEBhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-3w3f-76p7-3c4g
WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36113