CVE-2022-31184

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-770: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrf
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af1cb735db7fb73217b85d22dbadd1bc824ac0b0

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrf
• https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af1cb735db7fb73217b85d22dbadd1bc824ac0b0

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