{"id":"CVE-2022-31025","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2022-31025","EUVD-2022-52720","GHSA-x7jh-mx5q-6f9q"],"status":"published","title":"Invite bypasses user approval in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and 2.9.0beta5 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, inviting users on sites that use single sign-on could bypass the `must_approve_users` check and invites by staff are always approved automatically. The issue is patched in Discourse version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, disable invites or increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":2.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01003,"percentile":0.63143,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-285"],"published":"2022-06-03T14:35:12Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:25Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["2.8.4"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.4"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-x7jh-mx5q-6f9q","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/16974","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/16984","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0fa0094531efc82d9371f90a02aa804b176d59cf","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7c4e2d33fa4b922354c177ffc880a2f2701a91f9","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31025","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/31xxx/CVE-2022-31025.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-31025","title":"Invite bypasses user approval in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and 2.9.0beta5 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, inviting users on sites that use single sign-on could bypass the `must_approve_users` check and invites by staff are always approved automatically. The issue is patched in Discourse version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, disable invites or increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.","status":"published","published":"2022-06-03T14:35:12Z","modified":"2025-04-23T18:19:28.063Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-285"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:34.940806Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-52720","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and 2.9.0beta5 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, inviting users on sites that use single sign-on could bypass the `must_approve_users` check and invites by staff are always approved automatically. The issue is patched in Discourse version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, disable invites or increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.","status":"published","published":"2022-06-03T14:35:12Z","modified":"2025-04-23T18:19:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:52:08.95736Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-31025","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and 2.9.0beta5 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, inviting users on sites that use single sign-on could bypass the `must_approve_users` check and invites by staff are always approved automatically. The issue is patched in Discourse version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, disable invites or increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.","status":"published","published":"2022-06-07T15:15:09.877Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:44:37.883Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-285"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:21.62951Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-31025","title":"Invite bypasses user approval in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and 2.9.0beta5 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, inviting users on sites that use single sign-on could bypass the `must_approve_users` check and invites by staff are always approved automatically. The issue is patched in Discourse version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, disable invites or increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.","status":"published","published":"2022-06-03T14:35:12Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:25.38007258Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":2.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-285"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:25.516981Z"},{"id":"BIT-discourse-2022-31025","title":"Invite bypasses user approval in Discourse","description":"Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Prior to version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and 2.9.0 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, inviting users on sites that use single sign-on could bypass the `must_approve_users` check and invites by staff are always approved automatically. The issue is patched in Discourse version 2.8.4 on the `stable` branch and version `2.9.0.beta5` on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches. As a workaround, disable invites or increase `min_trust_level_to_allow_invite` to reduce the attack surface to more trusted users.","status":"published","published":"2024-03-06T11:06:02.684Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:08.412193688Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.70813Z"}]}}