CVE-2021-32788
Discourse Information Disclosure and Manipulation Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 27, 2021, 10:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 5, 2021, 1:31 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-32788.
| URL | 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 |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-32788 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-32788 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
-
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 05, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/680024f9071b7696e5a444a58791016c6dc1f1e5 No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/680024f9071b7696e5a444a58791016c6dc1f1e5 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dbdf61196d9e964e8823793d2e7f856595fea4d9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dbdf61196d9e964e8823793d2e7f856595fea4d9 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v6xg-q577-vc92 No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v6xg-q577-vc92 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-668 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.7.7
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-32788 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-32788
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.23510
percentile