Email address bypass of domain restrictions in Discourse
CVE-2024-45051 Published on October 7, 2024
Bypass of email address validation via encoded email addresses in Discourse
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-45051 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an authentification Vulnerability?
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
CVE-2024-45051 has been classified to as an authentification vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-45051
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Affected Versions
discourse:- Version stable: < 3.3.2 is affected.
- Version beta: < 3.4.0.beta2 is affected.
- Version stable and below 3.3.2 is affected.
- Version beta and below 3.4.0.beta2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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