{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "security-advisories@github.com", "ID": "CVE-2021-43850", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "Denial of Service in discourse" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "discourse", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "< 2.7.12" }, { "version_value": ">= 2.8.0.beta, < 2.8.0.beta10" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "discourse" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions admins users can trigger a Denial of Service attack via the `/message-bus/_diagnostics` path. The impact of this vulnerability is greater on multisite Discourse instances (where multiple forums are served from a single application server) where any admin user on any of the forums are able to visit the `/message-bus/_diagnostics` path. The problem has been patched. Please upgrade to 2.8.0.beta10 or 2.7.12. No workarounds for this issue exist." } ] }, "impact": { "cvss": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 6.8, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "CHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1" } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-20: Improper Input Validation" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-59jr-pj65-qmvr", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-59jr-pj65-qmvr" }, { "name": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7a8ec129fb54f188b2da6588c9d24d3a36eb0d39", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7a8ec129fb54f188b2da6588c9d24d3a36eb0d39" } ] }, "source": { "advisory": "GHSA-59jr-pj65-qmvr", "discovery": "UNKNOWN" } }