# CVE-2021-43793: Bypass of Poll voting limits in Discourse

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- discourse: stable \< 2.7.11, tests-passed \< 2.8.0.beta9

## 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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on discourse, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jq7h-44vc-h6qx
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0c6b9df77bac9c6f7c7e2eadf6fe100064afdeab
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1d0faedfbc3a8b77b971dc70d25e30791dbb6e0b

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