What is CVE-2022-31182?

CVE-2022-31182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-31182?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Discourse

CVE-2022-31182

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.

EPSS: 0.007 (47.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Discourse — versions < 2.8.7, 2.9.0, < 2.9.0.beta8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-31182?: CVE-2022-31182 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-31182?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.