CVE-2020-15149 | NodeBB before version 1.14.3 has a bug introduced in version… | CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2020-15149
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2020-06-25 00:00 UTC
Published: 2020-08-19 17:50 UTC
Last updated: 2024-08-04 13:08 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-269
{"CWE-269":"Improper Privilege Management"}
Vendor / Product: NodeBB / NodeBB
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
NodeBB	NodeBB	—	>=12.2.2, < 1.14.3

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-269	cna	{"CWE-269":"Improper Privilege Management"}

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.9	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

References (4)