CVE-2020-15149 (GCVE-0-2020-15149)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-19 17:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:08
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Title
Account takeover in NodeBB
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-269 - {"CWE-269":"Improper Privilege Management"}
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Vendor Product Version
NodeBB NodeBB Affected: >=12.2.2, < 1.14.3
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