CVE-2021-41271
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.97%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 61
- 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-200
Referencias
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2da0001965c6d8632d723c46ea5df9f22a1a23f1
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hf6r-mc9j-hf4p
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2da0001965c6d8632d723c46ea5df9f22a1a23f1
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-hf6r-mc9j-hf4p
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