CVE-2022-31182 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-31182: Cache poisoning via maliciously-formed request in Discourse

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-404
Published August 1, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Discourse is the an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a maliciously crafted request for static assets could cause error responses to be cached by Discourse's default NGINX proxy configuration. A corrected NGINX configuration is included in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated