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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-12-23 19:10

Modified

2025-08-27 09:06

Summary

Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled in Discourse

Details

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Sites that are using discourse connect but still have local logins enabled could allow attackers to bypass discourse connect to create accounts and login. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade who are using discourse connect may disable all other login methods as a workaround.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.3.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-49765"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Sites that are using discourse connect but still have local logins enabled could allow attackers to bypass discourse connect to create accounts and login. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade who are using discourse connect may disable all other login methods as a workaround.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2024-49765",
  "modified": "2025-08-27T09:06:48.117Z",
  "published": "2024-12-23T19:10:38.115Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v8rf-pvgm-xxf2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49765"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled in Discourse"
}

CVE-2024-49765 (GCVE-0-2024-49765)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-19 19:15 – Updated: 2024-12-20 20:00

Title

Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled in Discourse

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-359 - Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	discourse	discourse	Affected: stable: <= 3.3.2 Affected: beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3 Affected: tests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta3

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                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2024-12-20T20:00:24.437096Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
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        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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        }
      ],
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          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
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            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
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      },
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          ],
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    "dateReserved": "2024-10-18T13:43:23.456Z",
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  },
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}

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

CVE-2024-49765 (GCVE-0-2024-49765)

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