CVE-2022-39385

Medium

Description

Discourse is the an open source discussion platform. In some rare cases users redeeming an invitation can be added as a participant to several private message topics that they should not be added to. They are not notified of this, it happens transparently in the background. This issue has been resolved in commit `a414520742` and will be included in future releases. Users are advised to upgrade. Users are also advised to set `SiteSetting.max_invites_per_day` to 0 until the patch is installed.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductDiscourse
PublishedNov 14, 2022
First seenNov 14, 2022

How to fix

Update
  • discourse discourse2.8.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
discourse discoursev < 2.8.10, 2.9.02.8.10

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