cve/2023/CVE-2023-36818.md

### [CVE-2023-36818](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36818)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=discourse&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%20%3D%203.1.0beta5%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-400%3A%20Uncontrolled%20Resource%20Consumption&color=brighgreen)

### Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a request to create or update custom sidebar section can cause a denial of service. This issue has been patched in commit `52b003d915`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds