CVE-2021-32788

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Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.7.7 there are two bugs which led to the post creator of a whisper post being revealed to non-staff users. 1: Staff users that creates a whisper post in a personal message is revealed to non-staff participants of the personal message even though the whisper post cannot be seen by them. 2: When a whisper post is before the last post in a post stream, deleting the last post will result in the creator of the whisper post to be revealed to non-staff users as the last poster of the topic.

4.3 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/680024f9071b7696e5a444a58791016c6dc1f1e5 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dbdf61196d9e964e8823793d2e7f856595fea4d9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v6xg-q577-vc92 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

05 Aug 2021, 13:31

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dbdf61196d9e964e8823793d2e7f856595fea4d9 - (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dbdf61196d9e964e8823793d2e7f856595fea4d9 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v6xg-q577-vc92 - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v6xg-q577-vc92 - Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/680024f9071b7696e5a444a58791016c6dc1f1e5 - (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/680024f9071b7696e5a444a58791016c6dc1f1e5 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : 4.0
v3 : 4.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-668

30 Jul 2021, 14:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.7.7 there are two bugs which led to the post creator of a whisper post being revealed to non-staff users. 1: Staff users that creates a whisper post in a personal message is revealed to non-staff participants of the personal message even though the whisper post cannot be seen by them. 2: When a whisper post is before the last post in a post stream, deleting the last post will result in the creator of the whisper post to be revealed to non-staff users as the last poster of the topic. Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 2.7.7 there are two bugs which led to the post creator of a whisper post being revealed to non-staff users. 1: Staff users that creates a whisper post in a personal message is revealed to non-staff participants of the personal message even though the whisper post cannot be seen by them. 2: When a whisper post is before the last post in a post stream, deleting the last post will result in the creator of the whisper post to be revealed to non-staff users as the last poster of the topic.

27 Jul 2021, 22:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2021-07-27 22:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-32788

Mitre link : CVE-2021-32788

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-32788

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Products Affected

discourse

  • discourse
CWE
CWE-668

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere