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CVE-2022-36076

Account takeover via SSO plugins in NodeBB

Published: Sep 2, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-352
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 62.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. Due to an unnecessarily strict conditional in the code handling the first step of the SSO process, the pre-existing logic that added (and later checked) a nonce was inadvertently rendered opt-in instead of opt-out. This re-exposed a vulnerability in that a specially crafted Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack could theoretically take over another user account during the single sign-on process. The issue has been fully patched in version 1.17.2.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-352

Affected Products

NodeBB
commercialaka nodebb forum software
NodeBBOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki
npm
package-ecosystem
nodebb
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://blogs.opera.com/security/2022/03/bug-bounty-adventures-a-nodebb-0-day/
blogs.opera.com
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a2400f6baff44cb2996487bcd0cc6e2acc74b3d4
github.com
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-xmgg-fx9p-prq6
github.com
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