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GHSA-RF3G-V8P5-P675

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-05 23:06 – Updated: 2022-12-05 23:06

Summary

NodeBB vulnerable to account takeover via prototype vulnerability

Details

Impact

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.

Patches

Patched in 2.6.1

Workarounds

Site maintainers can cherry-pick https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8 into their codebase to patch the exploit.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Discuss it on our community forum Email us at support@nodebb.org

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

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    "nvd_published_at": "2022-12-05T21:15:00Z",
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  },
  "details": "### Impact\nDue 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.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in 2.6.1\n\n### Workarounds\nSite maintainers can cherry-pick https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8 into their codebase to patch the exploit.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n\nDiscuss it on [our community forum](https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/community.nodebb.org/)\nEmail us at [support@nodebb.org](mailto:support@nodebb.org)\n",
  "id": "GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675",
  "modified": "2022-12-05T23:06:14Z",
  "published": "2022-12-05T23:06:14Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675"
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46164"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8"
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB"
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
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}

CVE-2022-46164 (GCVE-0-2022-46164)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-05 20:52 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:32

Title

Account takeover via prototype vulnerability

Summary

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.

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-23 15:48 UTC

CWE

CWE-665 - Improper Initialization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisor…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
NodeBB	NodeBB	Affected: < 2.6.1

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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