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Paper/Archive/CVE-2022-46164

CVE-2022-46164

NodeBB NodeBB — Account takeover via prototype vulnerability

EPSS 47%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
49
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 98.8.988 × 2019.8No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

NodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. 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. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may cherry-pick commit `48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8` into their codebase to patch the exploit.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
NodeBB< 2.6.1–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub_M (CNA)9.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675refgithub.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8