Account takeover in NodeBB
48Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 9.9epss 2.4%
exploitation probability
2.4%top 17% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
NodeBB before version 1.14.3 has a bug introduced in version 1.12.2 in the validation logic that makes it possible to change the password of any user on a running NodeBB forum by sending a specially crafted socket.io call to the server. This could lead to a privilege escalation event due via an account takeover. As a workaround you may cherry-pick the following commit from the project's repository to your running instance of NodeBB: 16cee1b03ba3eee177834a1fdac4aa8a12b39d2a. This is fixed in version 1.14.3.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Affected products
NodeBB · NodeBBpublic PoCs found — 1
cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/159560/NodeBB-Forum-1.14.2-Account-Takeover.htmlunverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159560/NodeBB-Forum-1.14.2-Account-Takeover.htmlhttps://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c2477d9d5ffc43e5ffeb537ea2ceb4ce9592aa39https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-hr66-c8pg-5mg7https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/08/20/proof-of-concept-exploit-for-cve-2020-15149-nodebb-arbitrary-user-password-change/