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CVE-2024-45051

A maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain-based restrictions and gain access to private sites, categories and/or groups.

HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.37%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain-based restrictions and gain access to private sites, categories and/or groups. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS 3.1: 8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-287
Affected: discourse/discourse
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjv-pgh4-6rmqVendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.