Medium severity · published Sep 23, 2021
CVE-2020-24327
Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in Discourse 2.3.2 and 2.6 via the email function
5.3
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in Discourse 2.3.2 and 2.6 via the email function. When writing an email in an editor, you can upload pictures of remote websites.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
2.3.2; 2.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24327
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24327
Exploit
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/10509
Exploit
https://github.com/purple-WL/Discourse-sending-email-function-exist-Server-side-request-forgery-SSRF-/issues/1
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