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CVE-2024-52589
Moderators can view Screened emails even when the “moderators view emails” option is disabled in Discourse
Vulnerability Description
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Moderators can see the Screened emails list in the admin dashboard, and through that can learn the email of a user. This problem is patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users unable to upgrade should remove moderator role from untrusted users.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Vulnerable Versions:
stable: <= 3.3.2, beta: <= 3.4.0.beta2, tests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta2
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 19th, 2024
Last Modified:
December 20th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N