CVE-2022-31184 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-31184: Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published August 1, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated