8.2
HIGH
CVE-2024-45051
Discourse Email Domain Spoofing Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 7, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 19, 2024, 1:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-45051 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Discourse discourse
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjv-pgh4-6rmq Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-45051 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-45051 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjv-pgh4-6rmq No Types Assigned https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjv-pgh4-6rmq Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.3.2 *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.4.0 *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:-:*:*:beta:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-2vjv-pgh4-6rmq [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-287
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-45051 is associated with the following CWEs:

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability