CVE-2021-41271

Discourse is a platform for community discussion. In affected versions a maliciously crafted request could cause an error response to be cached by intermediate proxies. This could cause a loss of confidentiality for some content. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2da0001965c6d8632d723c46ea5df9f22a1a23f1	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hf6r-mc9j-hf4p	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta6::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta7::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-11-15 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:48

NVD link : CVE-2021-41271

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41271

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41271

JSON object : View

Products Affected

discourse

discourse

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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