CVE-2020-15156 XSS due to lack of CSRF validation for replying/publishing

2020-08-2619:10:14

CWE-352

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

cve-2020-15156

cross-site scripting

csrf validation

CVSS3

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

35.4%

JSON

In nodebb-plugin-blog-comments before version 0.7.0, a logged in user is vulnerable to an XSS attack which could allow a third party to post on their behalf on the forum. This is due to lack of CSRF validation.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "nodebb-plugin-blog-comments",
    "vendor": "psychobunny",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 0.7.0"
      }
    ]
  }
]