CVE-2023-36466

mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.40% (34th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Is it mine?
28 products
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Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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4.6
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–4.6

v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4
v3.14.6mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.13.5lowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.1 · impact 1.4
v3.14mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (28)

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advisories (1)

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  • BIT-discourse-2023-36466Topic Title Validation Skipped When Changing Category in Discourse2024-03-06vendor · osvUS

    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.

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published 2023-07-14modified 2026-06-17
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references (4)

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