CVE-2022-31184

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    CVE-2022-31184

    Published: 1 Aug 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse

    Details: Discourse is the an open source discussion platform. In affected versions an email activation route can be abused to send mass spam emails. A fix has been included in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse which rate limits emails. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should manually rate limit email.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/31xxx/CVE-2022-31184.json, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m5w9-8gp8-2hrf, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31184, https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/af1cb735db7fb73217b85d22dbadd1bc824ac0b0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.9.0-beta1
    2.9.0-beta2
    2.9.0-beta3
    2.9.0-beta4
    2.9.0-beta5
    2.9.0-beta6
    2.9.0-beta7

    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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