CVE-2025-61598 affects Discourse versions prior to 3.6.2 and 3.6.0.beta2, where error responses lacked a "no-store, no-cache" Cache-Control header. This oversight could lead to unintended caching by proxies, potentially enabling cache poisoning attacks. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), the vulnerability has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, with a potential impact of limited confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* | ||
< 3.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:* | ||
3.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.6.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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