CVE-2021-41095

MEDIUM

Discourse < 2.7.7 - Cross-Site Scripting via Error Message Rendering

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. There is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions 2.7.7 and earlier of the `stable` branch, versions 2.8.0.beta6 and earlier of the `beta` branch, and versions 2.8.0.beta6 and earlier of the `tests-passed` branch. Rendering of some error messages that contain user input can be susceptible to XSS attacks. This vulnerability only affects sites which have blocked watched words that contain HTML tags, modified or disabled Discourse's default Content Security Policy. This issue is patched in the latest `stable`, `beta` and `tests-passed` versions of Discourse. As a workaround, avoid modifying or disabling Discourse’s default Content Security Policy, and blocking watched words containing HTML tags.

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 4.2
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 45.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
discourse/discourse 2.8.0 beta1 (6 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse < 2.7.7
Published Sep 27, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026