CVE-2021-39161

MEDIUM

Discourse < 2.7.8 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Category Name

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions category names can be used for Cross-site scripting(XSS) attacks. This is mitigated by Discourse's default Content Security Policy and this vulnerability only affects sites which have modified or disabled or changed Discourse's default Content Security Policy have allowed for moderators to modify categories. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled, and has not been modified in a way which would make it more vulnerable to XSS attacks.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0026
EPSS Percentile 49.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
discourse/discourse 2.8.0 beta1 (4 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse < 2.7.8
Published Aug 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026