NodeBB < 1.17.2 Account Takeover Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:nodebb:nodebb";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127174");
  script_version("2025-01-30T05:38:01+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-30 05:38:01 +0000 (Thu, 30 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-09-07 08:36:00 +0000 (Wed, 07 Sep 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-09-08 03:23:00 +0000 (Thu, 08 Sep 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-36076");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("NodeBB < 1.17.2 Account Takeover Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("sw_nodebb_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("nodebb/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"NodeBB is prone to an account takeover vulnerability via SSO
  plugins.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Due to an unnecessarily strict conditional in the code
  handling the first step of the SSO process, the pre-existing logic that added (and later checked)
  a nonce is inadvertently rendered opt-in instead of opt-out.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A specially crafted MITM attack could theoretically take over
  another user account during the single sign-on process.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"NodeBB version 1.17.1 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.17.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-xmgg-fx9p-prq6");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://blogs.opera.com/security/2022/03/bug-bounty-adventures-a-nodebb-0-day/");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.17.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.17.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);