CVE-2021-43827

discourse-footnote is a library providing footnotes for posts in Discourse. ### Impact When posting an inline footnote wrapped in `<a>` tags (e.g. `<a>^[footnote]</a>`, the resulting rendered HTML would include a nested `<a>`, which is stripped by Nokogiri because it is not valid. This then caused a javascript error on topic pages because we were looking for an `<a>` element inside the footnote reference span and getting its ID, and because it did not exist we got a null reference error in javascript. Users are advised to update to version 0.2. As a workaround editing offending posts from the rails console or the database console for self-hosters, or disabling the plugin in the admin panel can mitigate this issue.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse_footnote:*:*:*:*:*:discourse:*:*

History

29 Dec 2021, 20:31

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse_footnote:*:*:*:*:*:discourse:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/commit/796617e0131277011207541313522cd1946661ab - (MISC) https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/commit/796617e0131277011207541313522cd1946661ab - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/security/advisories/GHSA-58vr-c56v-qr57 - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote/security/advisories/GHSA-58vr-c56v-qr57 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 4.3
v2 : 4.0
v3 : 4.3
First Time Discourse
Discourse discourse Footnote

14 Dec 2021, 23:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-12-14 23:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-43827

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43827

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43827


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Products Affected

discourse

  • discourse_footnote
CWE
CWE-755

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions