High severity · published Oct 7, 2024
CVE-2024-45051
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion
8.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain-based restrictions and gain access to private sites, categories and/or groups. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
before 3.3.2; before 3.4.0; 3.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45051
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45051
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjv-pgh4-6rmq
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