Medium severity · published Jul 29, 2019
CVE-2019-1020017
Discourse before 2.3.0 and 2.4.x before 2.4.0.beta3 lacks a confirmation screen when logging in via a user-api OTP
5.3
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse before 2.3.0 and 2.4.x before 2.4.0.beta3 lacks a confirmation screen when logging in via a user-api OTP.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
before 2.3.0; 2.4.0; 2.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1020017
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1020017
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/b8340c6c8e50a71ff1bca9654b9126ca5a84ce9a
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e6e47f2fb22764c92aaa90445c7bf203192fba11
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