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Paper/Archive/CVE-2024-49765

CVE-2024-49765

discourse discourse — Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled in Discourse

EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.1
critical.is priorityof 100
33
CVSS 9.1 (NVD)9.1 / 10 × 3027.3Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 30.1.301 × 206.0No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Sites that are using discourse connect but still have local logins enabled could allow attackers to bypass discourse connect to create accounts and login. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade who are using discourse connect may disable all other login methods as a workaround.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
discoursestable: <= 3.3.2–CNA
discoursebeta: <= 3.4.0.beta3–CNA
discoursetests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta3–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub_M (CNA)5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

References

refgithub.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v8rf-pvgm-xxf2