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CVE-2023-30591

NodeBB Pre-Authentication Denial-of-Service

Published: Sep 29, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-241
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
53.8%
Top 1.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Denial-of-service in NodeBB <= v2.8.10 allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash, when invoking `eventName.startsWith()` or `eventName.toString()`, while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing array or object type for the event name respectively.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-241CWE-754

Affected Products

nodebb
commercialaka nodebb forum software
nodebbOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / forum-wiki
NodeBB, Inc.
commercialaka nodebb
NodeBBOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/37b48b82a4bc7680c6e4c42647209010cb239c2c
github.com
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4d2d76897a02e7068ab74c81d17a2febfae8bfb9
github.com
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/830f142b7aea2e597294a84d52c05aab3a3539ca
github.com
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