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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124188
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Discourse < 2.8.9, 2.9.x - 2.9.0.beta9 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:Discourse is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Discourse is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
A malicious actor can add large payloads of text into the Location
and Website fields of a user profile, which causes issues for other users when loading that profile.

Affected Software/OS:
Discourse version prior to 2.8.9, 2.9.x through 2.9.0.beta9.

Solution:
Update to version 2.8.9, 2.9.0.beta10 or later.

CVSS Score:
4.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2022-39226
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jw3q-xg5g-qjrw
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e69f7d2fd9c977dedbdb17f6813651e2a45bfb71
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18302
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