PT-2022-27780 · Nodebb · Nodebb

Julianlam + 1 · Published 2022-12-05 · Updated 2023-09-29 · CVE-2022-46164

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.4

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NodeBB versions prior to 2.6.1

Description The issue arises from a plain object with a prototype being used in socket.io message handling, allowing a specially crafted payload to impersonate other users and takeover accounts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.1, upgrade to version 2.6.1 to patch the exploit. As a temporary workaround for users unable to upgrade, cherry-pick commit 48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8 into their codebase to patch the exploit.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Initialization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-665

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-46164

GHSA-RF3G-V8P5-P675

Affected Products

Nodebb

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/46xxx/CVE-2022-46164.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/stephenbradshaw/CVE-2022-46164-poc · Exploit
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675 · Patch
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46164 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB · Note
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v2.6.1 · Note
• https://t.me/proxy_bar/1255 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/starlabs_sg/status/1707620853649920137 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/39182 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/SM_Bradshaw/status/1707867692429099462 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/7492 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/30869 · Telegram Post