# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2022-46177"
idYear: 2022
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2023-01-05T19:48:05.483Z"
updatedAt: "2025-03-10T21:31:57.876Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:45.230Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-46177"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-46177.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46177"
title: "Discourse password reset link can lead to in account takeover if user changes to a new email"
summary: "Discourse is an option source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.14 on the `stable` branch and version 3.0.0.beta16 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, when a user requests for a password reset link email, then changes their primary email, the old reset email is still valid. When the old reset email is used to reset the password, the Discourse account's primary email would be re-linked to the old email. If the old email address is compromised or has transferred ownership, this leads to an account takeover. This is however mitigated by the SiteSetting `email_token_valid_hours` which is currently 48 hours. Users should upgrade to versions 2.8.14 or 3.0.0.beta15 to receive a patch. As a workaround, lower `email_token_valid_hours ` as needed."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c 2.8.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.9.0.beta0, \u003c 3.0.0.beta16","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}]

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