CVE-2022-46164
CRITICAL9.4EPSS 56.8%NodeBB vulnerable to account takeover via prototype vulnerability
Published: 12/5/2022Modified: 11/8/2023
Description
### 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](https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/community.nodebb.org/) Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Affected packages (1)
- npm/nodebbfrom 0, < 2.6.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46164
- PATCHhttps://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB
- WEBhttps://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8
- WEBhttps://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v2.6.1
- WEBhttps://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675