CVE-2020-24327
Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in Discourse 2.3.2 and 2.6 via the email...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-24327- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-24327- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17061No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-17061- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8jmg-vw84-q638No score
Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in Discourse 2.3.2 and 2.6 via the email...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8jmg-vw84-q638- Weakness
- CWE-918
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-24327- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-discourse-2020-24327No score
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.
- Record
BIT-discourse-2020-24327- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
discourseBitnami | 2.3.2 up to 2.3.3, 2.6.0 up to 2.6.1 | 2.3.32.6.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24327 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Discourse, published September 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in discourse 2.3.3.