CVE-2022-31184CWE-770

Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse

Medium · published August 1, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Discourse is the an open source discussion platform. In affected versions an email activation route can be abused to send mass spam emails. A fix has been included in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse which rate limits emails. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should manually rate limit email.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00695 · 52.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2022-08-01T19:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 AUG 19:40Z
    Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse
    cvelistv5