discourse-footnote is a library providing footnotes for posts in Discourse. ### Impact When posting an inline footnote wrapped in `<a>` tags (e.g. `<a>^[footnote]</a>`, the resulting rendered HTML would include a nested `<a>`, which is stripped by Nokogiri because it is not valid. This then caused a javascript error on topic pages because we were looking for an `<a>` element inside the footnote reference span and getting its ID, and because it did not exist we got a null reference error in javascript. Users are advised to update to version 0.2. As a workaround editing offending posts from the rails console or the database console for self-hosters, or disabling the plugin in the admin panel can mitigate this issue.
References
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https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/commit/796617e0131277011207541313522cd1946661ab | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/security/advisories/GHSA-58vr-c56v-qr57 | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/commit/796617e0131277011207541313522cd1946661ab | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/security/advisories/GHSA-58vr-c56v-qr57 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 06:29
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/commit/796617e0131277011207541313522cd1946661ab - Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/security/advisories/GHSA-58vr-c56v-qr57 - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2021-12-14 23:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 06:29
NVD link : CVE-2021-43827
Mitre link : CVE-2021-43827
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43827
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Products Affected
discourse
- discourse_footnote
CWE
CWE-755
Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions