Vulnerability · Published Dec 19, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2024-49765Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled in Discourse

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in discourse from discourse. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Sites that are using discourse connect but still have local logins enabled could allow attackers to bypass discourse connect to create accounts and login. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade who are using discourse connect may disable all other login methods as a workaround.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
discourse	discourse	stable: <= 3.3.2beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3tests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta3

Weakness: CWE-359 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-v8rf-pvgm-xxf2 x_refsource_CONFIRM