{"id":"BIT-discourse-2022-39356","summary":"Discourse user account takeover via email and invite link","details":"Discourse is a platform for community discussion. Users who receive an invitation link that is not scoped to a single email address can enter any non-admin user's email and gain access to their account when accepting the invitation. All users should upgrade to the latest version. A workaround is temporarily disabling invitations with `SiteSetting.max_invites_per_day = 0` or scope them to individual email addresses.","aliases":["CVE-2022-39356","GHSA-x8w7-rwmr-w278"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:07.512801100Z","published":"2024-03-06T11:03:50.674Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/18817"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-x8w7-rwmr-w278"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39356"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"discourse","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/discourse"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2022-39356.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}