CVE-2022-39356

Discourse user account takeover via email and invite link

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Discourse es una plataforma para la discusión comunitaria. Los usuarios que reciben un enlace de invitación que no está dirigido a una única dirección de correo electrónico pueden ingresar el correo electrónico de cualquier usuario que no sea administrador y obtener acceso a su cuenta al aceptar la invitación. Todos los usuarios deben actualizar a la última versión. Un workaround alternativo es deshabilitar temporalmente las invitaciones con `SiteSetting.max_invites_per_day = 0` o limitarlas a direcciones de correo electrónico individuales.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-09-02 CVE Reserved
2022-11-02 CVE Published
2024-05-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-285: Improper Authorization

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-x8w7-rwmr-w278	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18817	2023-06-27

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"				< 2.8.10 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version " < 2.8.10"		-		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"		beta10		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
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"		beta8		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"		beta9		Affected