CVE-2022-31184

2022-08-0120:15:08

CWE-770

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discourse

open source

discussion platform

email activation

spam

upgrade

rate limit

security vulnerability

cve-2022-31184

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

39.2%

JSON

Discourse is the an open source discussion platform. In affected versions an email activation route can be abused to send mass spam emails. A fix has been included in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse which rate limits emails. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should manually rate limit email.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

discoursediscourseRange<2.8.7

discoursediscourseRange<2.9.0.beta8

VendorProductVersionCPE
discoursediscourse*cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
discoursediscourse*cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
discourse	discourse	*	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse::::::::
discourse	discourse	*	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "discourse",
    "vendor": "discourse",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 2.8.7"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 2.9.0.beta8"
      }
    ]
  }
]