CVE-2020-15156
XSS due to lack of CSRF validation for replying/publishing
Description
### Impact Due to lack of CSRF validation, a logged in user is potentially vulnerable to an XSS attack which could allow a third party to post on their behalf on the forum. ### Patches Upgrade to the latest version v0.7.0 ### Workarounds You can cherry-pick the following commit: [https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618](https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618) ### References Visit https://community.nodebb.org if you have any questions about this issue or on how to patch / upgrade your instance.
How to fix CVE-2020-15156
To remediate CVE-2020-15156, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.7.0 or later
Is CVE-2020-15156 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.7.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |