What is CVE-2024-45051?

CVE-2024-45051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2024-10-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-45051?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Discourse

CVE-2024-45051

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain-based restrictions and gain access to private sites, categories and/or groups. This issue has been…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Discourse — versions stable: < 3.3.2, beta: < 3.4.0.beta2, 3.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45051?: CVE-2024-45051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2024-10-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-45051?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.