Low severity · published Dec 19, 2024
CVE-2024-52589
Moderators can view Screened emails even when the “moderators view emails” option is disabled in Discourse
2.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Moderators can see the Screened emails list in the admin dashboard, and through that can learn the email of a user. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade should remove moderator role from untrusted users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
discourse · discourse
stable: <= 3.3.2; beta: <= 3.4.0.beta2; tests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52589
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52589
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-cqw6-rr3v-8fff
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