CVE-2024-55948

Feb. 4, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

8.2
High

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can make craft an XHR request to poison the anonymous cache (for example, the cache may have a response with missing preloaded data). This issue only affects anonymous visitors of the site. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable anonymous cache by setting the `DISCOURSE_DISABLE_ANON_CACHE` environment variable to a non-empty value.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Discourse
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Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-346
Origin Validation Error
The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2352-252q-qc82

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-346
2025-02-04
CVE-2024-55948

CVSS Score

8.2 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: LOW

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 4, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 4, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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