CVE-2022-31025

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    CVE-2022-31025

    Published: 3 Jun 2022Last Modified: 21 Oct 2026

    Summary: Invite bypasses user approval in Discourse

    Details: Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and 2.9.0beta5 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, inviting users on sites that use single sign-on could bypass the `must_approve_users` check and invites by staff are always approved automatically. The issue is patched in Discourse version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, disable invites or increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/31xxx/CVE-2022-31025.json, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-x7jh-mx5q-6f9q, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31025, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0fa0094531efc82d9371f90a02aa804b176d59cf, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7c4e2d33fa4b922354c177ffc880a2f2701a91f9, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/16974, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/16984

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -cf94e52f78f7be368a680d23f1cdbb99234d0248

    Affected versions

    2.9.0-beta1
    2.9.0-beta2
    2.9.0-beta3
    2.9.0-beta4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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