CVE-2021-43792

Notifications leak 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 discussion platform. In affected versions a vulnerability affects users of tag groups who use the "Tags are visible only to the following groups" feature. A tag group may only allow a certain group (e.g. staff) to view certain tags. Users who were tracking or watching the tags via /preferences/tags, then have their staff status revoked will still see notifications related to the tag, but will not see the tag on each topic. This issue has been patched in stable version 2.7.11. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.

Discourse es una plataforma de debate de código abierto. En las versiones afectadas, una vulnerabilidad afecta a usuarios de grupos de etiquetas que usan la funcionalidad "Tags are visible only to the following groups". Un grupo de etiquetas puede permitir a sólo un determinado grupo (por ejemplo, el personal) visualizar determinadas etiquetas. Los usuarios que seguían o visualizaban las etiquetas por medio de /preferences/tags, y luego les es revocada su condición de personal, seguirán viendo las notificaciones relacionadas con la etiqueta, pero no verán la etiqueta en cada tema. Este problema ha sido parcheado en la versión estable 2.7.11. Se recomienda a usuarios que se actualicen lo antes posible

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-11-16 CVE Reserved
2021-12-01 CVE Published
2023-06-24 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 (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pq2x-vq37-8522	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cdaf7f4bb3ec268238e4c29a14bb73fad56574b4	2022-07-25

URL	Date	SRC
https://meta.discourse.org/t/non-forum-staff-getting-notifications-for-staff-only-tags/184895	2022-07-25

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"				< 2.7.11 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version " < 2.7.11"		-		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
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"		beta7		Affected