VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2025-50979
NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories).
HIGH 8.6EPSS 8.14%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.1
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 8.14% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- nodebb/nodebb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.