{"cve":"CVE-2025-50979","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-27T18:15:45.820","modified":"2026-06-17T09:35:29.147","status":"Analyzed","description":"NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to inject boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L","score":8.6},"cwes":["CWE-89"],"references":["https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.md"],"products":["nodebb:nodebb"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:07:46.309729541+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-50979","score":0.1061,"percentile":0.95789,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8","summary":"NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability","modified":"2025-08-27T20:14:31.985729Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"nodebb","purl":"pkg:npm/nodebb","ranges":["<=4.3.0"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}