Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-41271
CVE-2021-41271
Description
Discourse is a platform for community discussion. In affected versions a maliciously crafted request could cause an error response to be cached by intermediate proxies. This could cause a loss of confidentiality for some content. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.7.9
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.10
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2da0001965c6d8632d723c46ea5df9f22a1a23f1nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hf6r-mc9j-hf4pnvdThird Party Advisory
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