CVE-2022-37458
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an...
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
- Record
CVE-2022-37458- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
- Record
CVE-2022-37458- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-40083 No score
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
- Record
EUVD-2022-40083- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9gxg-c82c-36q9
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an...
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
- Record
GHSA-9gxg-c82c-36q9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBIT-discourse-2022-37458 No score
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
- Record
BIT-discourse-2022-37458- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Discourse through 2.8.7 allows admins to send invitations to arbitrary email addresses at an unlimited rate.
- Record
CVE-2022-37458- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
discourseBitnami |
before 2.8.8 | 2.8.8 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-37458 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Discourse, published September 2, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.42%, the 72nd percentile. Fixed in discourse 2.8.8.
References
enisa.europa.eu/topics/threat-risk-management/vulnerability-disclosure
github.com/discourse/discourse/tags
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37458