NodeBB < 1.18.6 RCE Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.171139");
  script_version("2025-01-31T15:39:24+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-31 15:39:24 +0000 (Fri, 31 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-01-31 08:03:16 +0000 (Fri, 31 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-09-28 17:43:53 +0000 (Thu, 28 Sep 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-43187");

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

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

  script_name("NodeBB < 1.18.6 RCE Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 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 a remote code execution (RCE)
  vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the xmlrpc.php
  endpoint of NodeBB allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted XML-RPC requests.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"NodeBB prior to version 1.18.6.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.18.6 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/jagat-singh-chaudhary/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2023-43187");

  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: "1.18.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.18.6", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);