PT-2022-23057 · Discourse · Discourse

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Discourse versions prior to the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions Description: A malicious user can exploit the invitation system to spam arbitrary email addresses by sending them invitation emails in certain cases. The estimated...

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MSC-2022-10397

This package has been identified by Mend as containing potential malicious functionality. The severity of the functionality can change depending on where the library is running user's machine or backend server. The following risks were identified: Contacting external host – this package sends...

MSC-2022-10379

This package has been identified by Mend as containing potential malicious functionality. The severity of the functionality can change depending on where the library is running user's machine or backend server. The following risks were identified: Contacting external host – this package sends...

The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases

One way to tame your email inbox is to get in the habit of using unique email aliases when signing up for new accounts online. Adding a "+" character after the username portion of your email address -- followed by a notation specific to the site youre signing up at -- lets you create an infinite...

MSC-2022-10393

This package has been identified by Mend as containing potential malicious functionality. The severity of the functionality can change depending on where the library is running user's machine or backend server. The following risks were identified: Contacting external host – this package sends...

CVE-2022-35488

In Zammad 5.2.0, an attacker could manipulate the rate limiting in the 'forgot password' feature of Zammad, and thereby send many requests for a known account to cause Denial Of Service by many generated emails which would also spam the victim...

CVE-2022-35488

In Zammad 5.2.0, an attacker could manipulate the rate limiting in the 'forgot password' feature of Zammad, and thereby send many requests for a known account to cause Denial Of Service by many generated emails which would also spam the victim...

Stop Spam Comments <= 0.2.1.2 - Access Token Bypass

The plugin does not properly generate the Javascript access token for preventing abuse of comment section, allowing threat authors to easily collect the value and add it to the request. Collect the name and value of ssckey for the target post and use it on the request. curl...

WordPress Stop Spam Comments plugin <= 0.2.1.2 - Access Token Bypass vulnerability

Access Token Bypass vulnerability discovered by Daniel Ruf in WordPress Stop Spam Comments plugin versions = 0.2.1.2. Solution Deactivate and delete. This plugin has been closed as of August 3, 2022 and is not available for download. This closure is temporary, pending a full review...

Anyone can create disputes if contractor is not set

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Disputes enable an actor to arbitrate & potentially enforce requested state changes. However, the current implementation does not properly implement authorization, thus anyone is able to create disputes and spam the system with invalid disputes. Proof of...

Threat Roundup for July 29 to August 5

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FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

After the FCC Federal Communications Commission made a huge splash weeks ago when it told Google and Apple to pull TikTok from their respective app stores, the federal agency is now warning Americans of an increased wave of SMS phishing attacks. SMS phishing, otherwise known as smishing or...

FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

After the FCC Federal Communications Commission made a huge splash weeks ago when it told Google and Apple to pull TikTok from their respective app stores, the federal agency is now warning Americans of an increased wave of SMS phishing attacks. SMS phishing, otherwise known as smishing or...

CVE-2022-31184

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 unabl...

CVE-2022-31184 Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse

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 unabl...

CVE-2022-31184 Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse

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 unabl...

CVE-2022-31184

CVE-2022-31184 affects Discourse; an abuse of the email activation route allows mass-spam via unmitigated email flows. The root cause is not deeply detailed in the provided documents, but the mitigation is explicit: a fix has been included in the latest stable, beta, and tests-passed Discourse re...

CVE-2022-31184: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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 unabl...

Discourse 安全漏洞

Discourse is an open source community discussion platform. The platform includes features such as community, email and chat rooms. A security vulnerability exists in Discourse stable 2.8.6 and earlier, Discourse beta 2.9.0.beta7 and earlier, and Discourse tests-passed 2.9.0.beta7 and earlier, whi...