Vulnerability in Discourse

CVE-2024-49765

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Sites that are using discourse connect but still have local logins enabled could allow attackers to bypass discourse connect to create accounts and login. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade who are using discourse connect may disable all other login methods as a workaround.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-49765: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Discourse — versions beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3, 3.4.0, stable: <= 3.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49765?
CVE-2024-49765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Discourse, classified under Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-49765?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.