Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2024· Updated Jun 3, 2025
Insufficient control of custom field value sizes
CVE-2024-21655
Description
Discourse is a platform for community discussion. For fields that are client editable, limits on sizes are not imposed. This allows a malicious actor to cause a Discourse instance to use excessive disk space and also often excessive bandwidth. The issue is patched 3.1.4 and 3.2.0.beta4.
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Affected products
3>=0 <3.1.4, >=3.2.0.beta1 <3.2.0.beta4+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >=0 <3.1.4, >=3.2.0.beta1 <3.2.0.beta4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.1.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5fc-94mm-38fxmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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