cve-2021-37703
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-13 15:15
Modified
2024-08-04 01:23
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Discourse is an open-source platform for community discussion. In Discourse before versions 2.7.8 and 2.8.0.beta5, a user's read state for a topic such as the last read post number and the notification level is exposed.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/aed65ec16d38886d7be7209d8c02df4ffd4937a4Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gq2h-qhg2-phf9Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/aed65ec16d38886d7be7209d8c02df4ffd4937a4Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gq2h-qhg2-phf9Third Party Advisory
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