CVE-2023-28111 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2023-28111

Discourse vulnerable to SSRF protection bypass possible with IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses

5.7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, attackers are able to bypass Discourse's server-side request forgery (SSRF) protection for private IPv4 addresses by using a IPv4-mapped IPv6 address. The issue is patched in the latest beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. version 3.1.0.beta3 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. There are no known workarounds.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

discourse

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Affected Software

discourse

Vulnerable Versions:

beta < 3.1.0.beta3, tests-passed < 3.1.0.beta3

Timeline

Official Publish: March 17th, 2023

Last Modified: February 25th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1005 Data from Local System

T1046 Network Service Discovery