GHSA-5gwx-wf9g-r5mx

NodeBB vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2022-3978

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	nodebb	< 2.5.8	2.5.8

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

A vulnerability was found in NodeBB up to 2.5.7. This affects an unknown part of the file /register/abort. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.5.8 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 2f9d8c350e54543f608d3d4c8e1a49bbb6cdea38. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3978 advisory
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/11017 web
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/2f9d8c350e54543f608d3d4c8e1a49bbb6cdea38 web
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v2.5.8 web
https://vuldb.com/?id.213555 web