GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw
NocoDB Vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting on Reset Password Page
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
The API endpoint related to the password reset function is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting.
### Details
Throughout the source-code analysis, it has been found that the endpoint /api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/:tokenId is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting.
The flaw occurs due to implementation of the client-side template engine ejs, specifically on file resetPassword.ts where the template is using the insecure function “<%-“
https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/ui/auth/resetPassword.ts#L71
which is rendered by the function renderPasswordReset:
https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts#L251
### PoC
Send the request below to a vulnerable instance:
`/api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/asdsad%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%31%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E/`

### Impact
The vulnerability affect end-users, allowing an attacker to craft and send a malicious link to the victim which leads running script on their browser.
### Credits
[l34k3d](https://github.com/xL34K3D)
[ottoboni](https://github.com/gabrielott)
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/security/advisories/GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27506
- https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/commit/ea821edb133e621e26183ae65c8ff9ee5d6f2723
- https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
- https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts#L251
- https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/ui/auth/resetPassword.ts#L71