GHSA-pfj7-2qfw-vwgm

NodeBB vulnerable to path traversal in translator module

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2021-43788

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	nodebb	>= 1.0.4, < 1.18.5	1.18.5

Details

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

### Impact Prior to v1.18.5, a path traversal vulnerability was present that allowed users to access JSON files outside of the expected `languages/` directory. ### Patches The vulnerability has been patched as of v1.18.5. ### Workarounds Cherry-pick commit hash `c8b2fc46dc698db687379106b3f01c71b80f495f` to receive this patch in lieu of a full upgrade. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

References

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

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-pfj7-2qfw-vwgm web
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43788 advisory
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c8b2fc46dc698db687379106b3f01c71b80f495f web
https://blog.sonarsource.com/nodebb-remote-code-execution-with-one-shot web
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB package
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v1.18.5 web