Is CVE-2024-55948 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-55948 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-55948?

CVE-2024-55948 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-55948?

CVE-2024-55948 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (14th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-55948

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can make craft an XHR request to poison the anonymous cache (for example, the cache may have a response with missing preloaded data). This issue only affects anonymous visitors of the site. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable anonymous cache by setting the `DISCOURSE_DISABLE_ANON_CACHE` environment variable to a non-empty value.

CWE-346

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

14thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 14% of all known CVEs.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2352-252q-qc82

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-08-26.