CVE-2022-31182
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- BIT-discourse-2022-31182Cache poisoning via maliciously-formed request in Discourse2024-03-06vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (7)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-31182/cnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7af25544c3940c4d046c51f4cfac9c72a06d4f50cnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4ff8-3j78-w6ppcnnvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7af25544c3940c4d046c51f4cfac9c72a06d4f50enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4ff8-3j78-w6ppenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7af25544c3940c4d046c51f4cfac9c72a06d4f50PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-4ff8-3j78-w6ppThird Party Advisorynvd
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