CVE-2022-39355 is a critical improper authentication vulnerability affecting the Discourse Patreon plugin, allowing attackers to take control of user accounts on Discourse forums with Patreon login enabled. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion have been observed, affected organizations should apply the provided patch or disable the Patreon integration and log out associated users as a workaround.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2022-10-26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:patreon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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