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CVE-2022-21684

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
13/01/2022
Last modified:
24/07/2023

Description

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2.7.13 in `stable`, 2.8.0.beta11 in `beta`, and 2.8.0.beta11 in `tests-passed` allow some users to log in to a community before they should be able to do so. A user invited via email to a forum with `must_approve_users` enabled is going to be automatically logged in, bypassing the check that does not allow unapproved users to sign in. They will be able to do everything an approved user can do. If they logout, they cannot log back in. This issue is patched in the `stable` version 2.7.13, `beta` version 2.8.0.beta11, and `tests-passed` version 2.8.0.beta11. One may disable invites as a workaround. Administrators can increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.7.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.8.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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