CVE-2022-31184

Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Discourse es una plataforma de discusión de código abierto. En las versiones afectadas puede abusarse de una ruta de activación del correo electrónico para enviar correos masivos de spam. Ha sido incluida una corrección en las últimas versiones estables, beta y de prueba de Discourse que limita los correos electrónicos. Es recomendado a usuarios actualizar. Los usuarios que no puedan actualizarse deberán limitar manualmente la tasa de los correos electrónicos

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-05-18 CVE Reserved
2022-08-01 CVE Published
2024-02-22 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrf	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af1cb735db7fb73217b85d22dbadd1bc824ac0b0	2022-08-09

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				<= 2.8.6 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version " <= 2.8.6"		-		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta1		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta2		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta3		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta4		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta5		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta6		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta7		Affected