High severity · published Sep 2, 2022
CVE-2022-37458
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate
7.2
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
through 2.8.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37458
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-37458
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q2rg-m477-8wg7
Release Notes
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tags
Third Party Advisory
https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/threat-risk-management/vulnerability-disclosure
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