NodeBB cross-site request forgery | CVE-2022-36076
NAME
NodeBB cross-site request forgery
- Platforms Affected:
NodeBB NodeBB 1.17.1 - Risk Level:
8.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Access
DESCRIPTION
NodeBB is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the SSO plugins. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a malformed HTTP request to perform account takeover. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: Required
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Upgrade to the latest version of NodeBB (1.17.2 or later), available from the NodeBB GIT Repository. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-xmgg-fx9p-prq6 - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-36076
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