GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-43M5-C88R-CJVVXSS due to lack of CSRF validation for replying/publishing
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
35.4%
Impact
Due to lack of CSRF validation, a logged in user is potentially vulnerable to an XSS attack which could allow a third party to post on their behalf on the forum.
Patches
Upgrade to the latest version v0.7.0
Workarounds
You can cherry-pick the following commit: https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618
References
Visit https://community.nodebb.org if you have any questions about this issue or on how to patch / upgrade your instance.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| nodebb | blog_comments | * | cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:blog_comments:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
References
github.com/advisories/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv
github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618
github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/security/advisories/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15156
www.npmjs.com/package/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
35.4%