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CVE-2024-52589: Moderators can view Screened emails even when the “moderators view emails” option is disabled in Discourse
- Severity: low (CVSS 2.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-200
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.
Affected products
- discourse: before 3.3.3; before 3.4.0; 3.4.0-beta1, 3.4.0-beta2 — fixed in 3.3.3, 3.4.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: discourse 3.3.3, 3.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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