cve-2022-31184
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-01 19:40
Modified
2024-08-03 07:11
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af1cb735db7fb73217b85d22dbadd1bc824ac0b0Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrfThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af1cb735db7fb73217b85d22dbadd1bc824ac0b0Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrfThird Party Advisory
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