CVE-2025-50979

8.6 highEPSS 11%

High (8.6) in nodebb nodebb. EPSS 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.6 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

EPSS: 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-89
Published: 2025-08-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

nodebb:nodebb

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8	npm	nodebb	<=4.3.0	no fix published

References

https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.md

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