CVE-2024-45051
Bypass of email address validation via encoded email addresses in Discourse
8.2
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain-based restrictions and gain access to private sites, categories and/or groups. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-45051
To remediate CVE-2024-45051, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.3.2 or later
Is CVE-2024-45051 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.3.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |