CVE-2022-21684CWE-287

User can bypass approval when invited to Discourse

Medium · published January 13, 2022

CVSS v3.1
4.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2.7.13 in `stable`, 2.8.0.beta11 in `beta`, and 2.8.0.beta11 in `tests-passed` allow some users to log in to a community before they should be able to do so. A user invited via email to a forum with `must_approve_users` enabled is going to be automatically logged in, bypassing the check that does not allow unapproved users to sign in. They will be able to do everything an approved user can do. If they logout, they cannot log back in. This issue is patched in the `stable` version 2.7.13, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11. One may disable invites as a workaround. Administrators can increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00831 · 57.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
Published
2022-01-13T21:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 JAN 21:05Z
    User can bypass approval when invited to Discourse
    cvelistv5