PT-2022-24994 · Nodebb · Nodebb

Julianlam · Published 2022-11-13 · Updated 2022-11-18 · CVE-2022-3978

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NodeBB versions up to 2.5.7

Description A vulnerability was found in NodeBB, affecting an unknown part of the file /register/abort. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.

Recommendations For NodeBB versions up to 2.5.7, upgrade to version 2.5.8 to address this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /register/abort endpoint until the upgrade is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-3978

GHSA-5GWX-WF9G-R5MX

Affected Products

Nodebb

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/11017 · Exploit
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/2f9d8c350e54543f608d3d4c8e1a49bbb6cdea38 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3978 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3978 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5gwx-wf9g-r5mx · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v2.5.8 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.213555 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/37596 · Telegram Post