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Discourse 2.8.0.beta4 Security Update
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A new Discourse update includes two security fixes.
Insight
Insight
The following flaw exists / The following security fix is included: - CVE-2021-32788: There are two bugs which led to the post creator of a whisper post being revealed to non-staff users. 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. 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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Discourse version 2.8.0.beta1 through 2.8.0.beta3.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.8.0.beta4 or later.