CVE-2021-37703

Information exposure in Discourse

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Discourse is an open-source platform for community discussion. In Discourse before versions 2.7.8 and 2.8.0.beta5, a user's read state for a topic such as the last read post number and the notification level is exposed.

Discourse es una plataforma de código abierto para el debate comunitario. En Discourse versiones anteriores a 2.7.8 y 2.8.0.beta5, el estado de lectura de un usuario para un tema, como el número de la última publicación leída y el nivel de notificación, está expuesto.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-07-29 CVE Reserved
2021-08-13 CVE Published
2024-04-28 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gq2h-qhg2-phf9	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/aed65ec16d38886d7be7209d8c02df4ffd4937a4	2021-08-30

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				< 2.7.8 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version " < 2.7.8"		-		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.8.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.8.0"		beta1		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.8.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.8.0"		beta2		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.8.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.8.0"		beta3		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.8.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.8.0"		beta4		Affected