CVE-2021-43840: Path traversal in message_bus
discourse · message_bus
Affected: discourse message_bus · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 80% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
message_bus is a messaging bus for Ruby processes and web clients. In versions prior to 3.3.7 users who deployed message bus with diagnostics features enabled (default off) are vulnerable to a path traversal bug, which could lead to disclosure of secret information on a machine if an unintended user were to gain access to the diagnostic route. The impact is also greater if there is no proxy for your web application as the number of steps up the directories is not bounded. For deployments which uses a proxy, the impact varies. For example, If a request goes through a proxy like Nginx with `merge_slashes` enabled, the number of steps up the directories that can be read is limited to 3 levels. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.7. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that MessageBus::Diagnostics is disabled.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- discourse · message_bus< 3.3.7
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- discourse
- Published
- December 2021
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