CVE-2022-36066 is a critical vulnerability affecting Discourse, an open-source discussion platform, in versions prior to 2.8.9 (stable) and 2.9.0.beta10 (beta/tests-passed). This flaw allows authenticated administrators to achieve remote code execution by uploading specially crafted Zip or Gzip Tar archives, enabling arbitrary file writes. Rated 7.2 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), it presents a significant risk due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.8.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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