CVE-2022-39356

Summary

Discourse is a platform for community discussion. Users who receive an invitation link that is not scoped to a single email address can enter any non-admin user's email and gain access to their account when accepting the invitation. All users should upgrade to the latest version. A workaround is temporarily disabling invitations with SiteSetting.max_invites_per_day = 0 or scope them to individual email addresses.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
discoursediscourse<= 2.8.9affected
discoursediscourse<= 2.9.0.beta10affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-285: CWE-285: Improper Authorization

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

References