CVE-2020-15149
This could lead to a privilege escalation event due via an account takeover.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
NodeBB before version 1.14.3 has a bug introduced in version 1.12.2 in the validation logic that makes it possible to change the password of any user on a running NodeBB forum by sending a specially crafted socket.io call to the server. This could lead to a privilege escalation event due via an account takeover. As a workaround you may cherry-pick the following commit from the project's repository to your running instance of NodeBB: 16cee1b03ba3eee177834a1fdac4aa8a12b39d2a. This is fixed in version 1.14.3.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-287
- Affected
- nodebb/nodebb
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159560/NodeBB-Forum-1.14.2-Account-Takeover.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c2477d9d5ffc43e5ffeb537ea2ceb4ce9592aa39Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-hr66-c8pg-5mg7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/08/20/proof-of-concept-exploit-for-cve-2020-15149-nodebb-arbitrary-user-password-change/Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159560/NodeBB-Forum-1.14.2-Account-Takeover.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c2477d9d5ffc43e5ffeb537ea2ceb4ce9592aa39Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-hr66-c8pg-5mg7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/08/20/proof-of-concept-exploit-for-cve-2020-15149-nodebb-arbitrary-user-password-change/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.