CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-41095
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-09-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. There is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions 2.7.7 and earlier of the `stable` branch, versions 2.8.0.beta6 and earlier of the `beta` branch, and versions 2.8.0.beta6 and earlier of the `tests-passed` branch. Rendering of some error messages that contain user input can be susceptible to XSS attacks. This vulnerability only affects sites which have blocked watched words that contain HTML tags, modified or disabled Discourse's default Content Security Policy. This issue is patched in the latest `stable`, `beta` and `tests-passed` versions of Discourse. As a workaround, avoid modifying or disabling Discourse’s default Content Security Policy, and blocking watched words containing HTML tags.
Affected configurations
• discourse discourse (<= 2.7.7)
• discourse discourse 2.8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/14434/commits/40b776b9d39c41d9273d01eecf8fe03aa39fcb59 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-qvqx-2h7w-m479 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/14434/commits/40b776b9d39c41d9273d01eecf8fe03aa39fcb59 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-qvqx-2h7w-m479 Third Party Advisory