CVE-2024-37165
Discourse has an XSS via Onebox system
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3, improperly sanitized Onebox data could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.3
Discourse has an XSS via Onebox system
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3, improperly sanitized Onebox data could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3.
- Record
CVE-2024-37165- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-36475
6.3
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3, improperly sanitized Onebox data could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3.
- Record
EUVD-2024-36475- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
6.3
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3, improperly sanitized Onebox data could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3.
- Record
CVE-2024-37165- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.3
Discourse has an XSS via Onebox system
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3, improperly sanitized Onebox data could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3.
- Record
CVE-2024-37165- CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-discourse-2024-37165 No score
Discourse has an XSS via Onebox system
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3, improperly sanitized Onebox data could lead to an XSS vulnerability in some situations. This vulnerability only affects Discourse instances which have disabled the default Content Security Policy. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.3 and 3.3.0.beta3.
- Record
BIT-discourse-2024-37165- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
discourseBitnami |
before 3.2.3 | 3.2.3 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-37165 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) in Discourse, published July 30, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. Fixed in discourse 3.2.3.
References
github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-cx83-5p6x-9qh9
github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/26aef0c288839378b9de5819e96eac8cf4ea60fd
github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/311b737c910cf0a69f61e1b8bc0b78374b6619d2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37165
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/37xxx/CVE-2024-37165.json