CVE-2021-43793

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In affected versions a vulnerability in the Polls feature allowed users to vote multiple times in a single-option poll. The problem is patched in the latest tests-passed, beta and stable versions of Discourse

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
discourse	discourse	stable < 2.7.11; tests-passed < 2.8.0.beta9

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0c6b9df77bac9c6f7c7e2eadf6fe100064afdeabPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1d0faedfbc3a8b77b971dc70d25e30791dbb6e0bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jq7h-44vc-h6qxThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0c6b9df77bac9c6f7c7e2eadf6fe100064afdeabPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1d0faedfbc3a8b77b971dc70d25e30791dbb6e0bPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jq7h-44vc-h6qxThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 1, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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