{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "security-advisories@github.com", "ID": "CVE-2021-43794", "STATE": "PUBLIC", "TITLE": "Anonymous user cache poisoning via development-mode header in Discourse" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "discourse", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "stable < 2.7.11" }, { "version_value": "beta < 2.8.0.beta9" }, { "version_value": "tests-passed < 2.8.0.beta9" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "discourse" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions an attacker can poison the cache for anonymous (i.e. not logged in) users, such that the users are shown a JSON blob instead of the HTML page. This can lead to a partial denial-of-service. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse." } ] }, "impact": { "cvss": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 5.3, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "version": "3.1" } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-610: Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2da0001965c6d8632d723c46ea5df9f22a1a23f1", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2da0001965c6d8632d723c46ea5df9f22a1a23f1" }, { "name": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-249g-pc77-65hp", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-249g-pc77-65hp" } ] }, "source": { "advisory": "GHSA-249g-pc77-65hp", "discovery": "UNKNOWN" } }