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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2021-39161
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More InfoOfficial Page
Source-security-advisories@github.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-26 Aug, 2021 | 20:15
Updated At-01 Sep, 2021 | 16:58

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions category names can be used for Cross-site scripting(XSS) attacks. This is mitigated by Discourse's default Content Security Policy and this vulnerability only affects sites which have modified or disabled or changed Discourse's default Content Security Policy have allowed for moderators to modify categories. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled, and has not been modified in a way which would make it more vulnerable to XSS attacks.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary3.15.4MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Secondary3.14.4MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary2.02.1LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
CPE Matches

Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
discourse
>>discourse>>Versions before 2.7.8(exclusive)
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
discourse
>>discourse>>2.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
discourse
>>discourse>>2.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
discourse
>>discourse>>2.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc.
discourse
>>discourse>>2.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-79Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE-79Secondarysecurity-advisories@github.com
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References
HyperlinkSourceResource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-xhmc-9jwm-wqphsecurity-advisories@github.com
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