CVE-2022-31184
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2022-31184 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2022-08-01 20:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-08-09 18:48:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-770
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | 2.9.0 | beta1 | All | All |
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | 2.9.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | 2.9.0 | beta3 | All | All |
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | 2.9.0 | beta4 | All | All |
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | 2.9.0 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | 2.9.0 | beta6 | All | All |
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | 2.9.0 | beta7 | All | All |
| Application | Discourse | Discourse | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECURITY: Prevent abuse of the update_activation_email route (stable) · discourse/discourse@af1cb73 · GitHub | MISC | github.com | |
| Email activation route can be abused by spammers · Advisory · discourse/discourse · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
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