CVE-2022-46164 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. Due to a plain object with a prototype being used in socket.io message handling a specially crafted payload can be used to impersonate other users and takeover accounts. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may cherry-pick commit `48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8` into their codebase to patch the exploit.

Published: 2022-12-05

Score: 9.4 Critical

EPSS: 56.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

NodeBB

NodeBB

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 2.6.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675	NodeBB vulnerable to account takeover via prototype vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.56836.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-rf3g-v8p5-p675

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nodebb Nodebb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2022-12-05T20:52:19.695Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:32:39.227Z

Reserved: 2022-11-28T17:27:19.997Z

Link: CVE-2022-46164

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:24:03.223Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-05T21:15:10.443

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:30:14.353

Link: CVE-2022-46164

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-665

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