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CVE-2024-54142

9.0 · CRITICAL

Discourse AI is a Discourse plugin which provides a number of AI features.

Published Jan 14, 2025CWE-79EPSS 0.43%

Overview

CVE-2024-54142 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 14, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.0, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

Discourse AI is a Discourse plugin which provides a number of AI features. When sharing Discourse AI Bot conversations into posts, if the conversation had HTML entities those could leak into the Discourse application when a user visited a post with a onebox to said conversation. This issue has been addressed in commit `92f122c`. Users are advised to update. Users unable to update may remove all groups from `ai bot public sharing allowed groups` site setting.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/discourse/discourse-ai/commit/92f122c54d9d7ead9223a056270bff5b4c42c73fGitHubgithub.com/discourse/discourse-ai/security/advisories/GHSA-94c2-qr2h-88jv

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-54142?

CVE-2024-54142 is a critical-severity vulnerability. It was published on January 14, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).

How severe is CVE-2024-54142?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.0, rated CRITICAL. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-54142?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2024-54142?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2024-54142 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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