Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-46164 - Unspecified vulnerability in Nodebb
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
NodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. 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. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may cherry-pick commit `48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8` into their codebase to patch the exploit.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675