{"id":"CVE-2023-38706","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-38706","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:59:18.640Z","title":"Prior to version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys which may end up exhausting the resources on the server.","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can create an unlimited number of drafts with very long draft keys which may end up exhausting the resources on the server. The issue is patched in version 3.1.1 of the `stable` branch and version 3.2.0.beta1 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.","published":"2023-09-15T20:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:11:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-770"],"affected":["discourse/discourse"],"epss":{"score":0.0077,"percentile":0.55438,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.77%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7wpp-4pqg-gvp8","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7wpp-4pqg-gvp8","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38706","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}