{"id":"BIT-discourse-2022-31184","summary":"Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse","details":"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.","aliases":["CVE-2022-31184","GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrf"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:07.810537990Z","published":"2024-03-06T11:05:15.202Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*","cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af1cb735db7fb73217b85d22dbadd1bc824ac0b0"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrf"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31184"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"discourse","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/discourse"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.8.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2022-31184.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}