CVE-2024-45051 HIGH

CVE-2024-45051: Bypass of email address validation via encoded email addresses in Discourse

Vendor Discourse
Product discourse
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published October 7, 2024
Last update October 8, 2024

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 7, 2024 CVE published
October 8, 2024 Record updated