GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675 NodeBB vulnerable to account takeover via prototype vulnerability

CRITICAL Published 2022-12-05 Modified 2022-12-05 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-46164
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
nodebb
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-665
Reviewed
2022-12-05

Affected packages

• npm nodebb: < 2.6.1 → fixed in 2.6.1

Description

Impact Due to a plain object with a prototype being used in socket.io message handling a specially crafted payload can be used to impersonate other users and takeover accounts. Patches Patched in 2.6.1 Workarounds Site maintainers can cherry-pick https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8 into their codebase to patch the exploit. For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: Discuss it on our community forum Email us at [email protected]

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-46164 NodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-665 Improper Initialization weakness

References