CVE-2020-15149
Account takeover in NodeBB
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.9 Critical
- Published
- Aug 19, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 25, 2020
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.9 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 {"CWE-269":"Improper Privilege Management"}
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
NodeBBNodeBB |
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References
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-hr66-c8pg-5mg7
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c2477d9d5ffc43e5ffeb537ea2ceb4ce9592aa39
- https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/08/20/proof-of-concept-exploit-for-cve-2020-15149-nodebb-arbitrary-user-password-change/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159560/NodeBB-Forum-1.14.2-Account-Takeover.html
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