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Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2022-31184
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 14:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Email activation route can be abused by spammers in Discourse
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 Aug 2022, 19:40 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2022-31184
Complete source record
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