BIT-discourse-2022-31184

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2022-31184.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-discourse-2022-31184
Aliases
Published
2024-03-06T11:05:15.202Z
Modified
2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z
Summary
Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "severity": "High",
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / discourse

Package

Name
discourse
Purl
pkg:bitnami/discourse

Severity

  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
2.8.6
Introduced
2.9.0-beta1
Last affected
2.9.0-beta1
Introduced
2.9.0-beta2
Last affected
2.9.0-beta2
Introduced
2.9.0-beta3
Last affected
2.9.0-beta3
Introduced
2.9.0-beta4
Last affected
2.9.0-beta4
Introduced
2.9.0-beta5
Last affected
2.9.0-beta5
Introduced
2.9.0-beta6
Last affected
2.9.0-beta6
Introduced
2.9.0-beta7
Last affected
2.9.0-beta7