CVE-2024-45051 | BDVDB-2026-250253 Detail

discoursediscourse

Description#

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain-based restrictions and gain access to private sites, categories and/or groups. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References#

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjv-pgh4-6rmq

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12024-10-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-10-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2024-10-07
Last modified: 2024-10-08

Vendor information

Vendor: discourse
Product: discourse

All discourse vulnerabilities

Score

8.2 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 31.3.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Authentication Issues

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
stable: < 3.3.2
Fixed
Not stated
Vulnerable
beta: < 3.4.0.beta2
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

8.2 High

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).