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Discourse 2.8.x < 2.8.0.beta8 Cache Poisoning Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
Discourse is prone to a cache poisoning vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
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.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Discourse version 2.8.0.beta1 through 2.8.0.beta7.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.8.0.beta8 or later.