CVE-2021-39161
Discourse XSS Via Category Name Manipulation
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions category names can be used for Cross-site scripting(XSS) attacks. This is mitigated by Discourse's default Content Security Policy and this vulnerability only affects sites which have modified or disabled or changed Discourse's default Content Security Policy have allowed for moderators to modify categories. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled, and has not been modified in a way which would make it more vulnerable to XSS attacks.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 26, 2021, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 1, 2021, 4:58 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2021-39161.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-xhmc-9jwm-wqph | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 01, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-xhmc-9jwm-wqph No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-xhmc-9jwm-wqph Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.7.8 *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 26, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions category names can be used for Cross-site scripting(XSS) attacks. This is mitigated by Discourse's default Content Security Policy and this vulnerability only affects sites which have modified or disabled or changed Discourse's default Content Security Policy have allowed for moderators to modify categories. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled, and has not been modified in a way which would make it more vulnerable to XSS attacks. Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions category names can be used for Cross-site scripting(XSS) attacks. This is mitigated by Discourse's default Content Security Policy and this vulnerability only affects sites which have modified or disabled or changed Discourse's default Content Security Policy have allowed for moderators to modify categories. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled, and has not been modified in a way which would make it more vulnerable to XSS attacks.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-39161 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.20595
percentile