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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2020-08-19T17:50:12

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:08:22.245Z

Reserved: 2020-06-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-15149

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-08-20T01:17:12.337

Modified: 2021-11-18T18:34:43.587

Link: CVE-2020-15149

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