CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-3138
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-307
Description
In Discourse 2.7.0 through beta1, a rate-limit bypass leads to a bypass of the 2FA requirement for certain forms.
Affected configurations
• discourse discourse (<= 2.6.0)
• discourse discourse 2.7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-307 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162256/Discourse-2.7.0-2FA-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/Mesh3l911/Disource Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162256/Discourse-2.7.0-2FA-Bypass.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/Mesh3l911/Disource Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory