CVE-2021-41163

RCE via malicious SNS subscription payload

Severity Score

9.8

*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 affected versions maliciously crafted requests could lead to remote code execution. This resulted from a lack of validation in subscribe_url values. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. To workaround the issue without updating, requests with a path starting /webhooks/aws path could be blocked at an upstream proxy.

Discourse es una plataforma de código abierto para el debate comunitario. En las versiones afectadas, las peticiones diseñadas de forma maliciosa podían conllevar a una ejecución de código remota . Esto se debía a una falta de comprobación en los valores de subscribe_url. Este problema está parcheado en las últimas versiones estables, beta y de prueba de Discourse. Para solucionar el problema sin necesidad de actualizar, las peticiones con una ruta que empiece por /webhooks/aws podrían bloquearse en un proxy de subida

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-09-15 CVE Reserved
2021-10-20 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-09-25 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jcjx-pvpc-qgwq	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fa3c46cf079d28b086fe1025349bb00223a5d5e9	2022-10-24

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"				< 2.7.9 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version " < 2.7.9"		-		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
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"		beta5		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"		beta6		Affected