CVE-2021-32788
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 4.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.89%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 58
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-668
- CWE-668
Referencias
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/680024f9071b7696e5a444a58791016c6dc1f1e5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dbdf61196d9e964e8823793d2e7f856595fea4d9
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v6xg-q577-vc92
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/680024f9071b7696e5a444a58791016c6dc1f1e5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dbdf61196d9e964e8823793d2e7f856595fea4d9
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v6xg-q577-vc92
JSON original (NVD)
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