High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-55948
CVE-2024-55948
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*range: <3.3.2
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: stable: < 3.3.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2352-252q-qc82nvdThird Party Advisory
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