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GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8 NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability

HIGH Published 2025-08-27 Modified 2025-08-27 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2025-50979
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
nodebb
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-89
Reviewed
2025-08-27

Affected packages

• npm nodebb: <= 4.3.0 (no fix yet)

Description

NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to inject boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2025-50979 NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness

References