CVE-2024-45051 (GCVE-0-2024-45051)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-07 20:23 – Updated: 2024-10-08 18:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Bypass of email address validation via encoded email addresses in Discourse
Summary
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.
Severity
8.2 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-08 18:25 UTC
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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