CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2022-46164
Critical (9.8) in nodebb nodebb. EPSS 47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in nodebb 2.6.1.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-665
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- nodebb:nodebb
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675 | npm | nodebb | <2.6.1 | 2.6.1 |
References
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675