CVE-2024-55948: Anonymous cache poisoning via XHR requests in Discourse
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can make craft an XHR request to poison the anonymous cache (for example, the cache may have a response with missing preloaded data). This issue only affects anonymous visitors of the site. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable anonymous cache by setting the `DISCOURSE_DISABLE_ANON_CACHE` environment variable to a non-empty value.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-55948
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 8.2
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Affected Products
Vendor: discourse
Product: discourse
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 11.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-05 (when was this score calculated)