CVE-2022-37458 Business logic in n/a
Admins can send unlimited invitations to arbitrary emails, enabling spam and resource exhaustion in Discourse forums.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-37458?
CVE-2022-37458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discourse Discourse, published on 2 Sep 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-37458?
1 open source package ship an affected version, including discourse. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
discourse Bitnami | All versions | 2.8.8 |
Products include Discourse Discourse.
How do I fix CVE-2022-37458?
Upgrade discourse to 2.8.8 or later.
Is CVE-2022-37458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-37458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Discourse Discourse
- CVE-2021-41163 RCE via malicious SNS subscription payload
- CVE-2022-36066 Discourse vulnerable to RCE via admins uploading maliciously zipped file
- CVE-2022-39356 Discourse user account takeover via email and invite link
- CVE-2023-22468 Discourse vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in local oneboxes
- CVE-2026-27934 Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint
Sources
Also known as BIT-discourse-2022-37458, CVE-2022-35958, GHSA-9gxg-c82c-36q9, GHSA-q2rg-m477-8wg7.