CVE-2023-30591 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Denial-of-service in NodeBB <= v2.8.10 allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash, when invoking `eventName.startsWith()` or `eventName.toString()`, while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing array or object type for the event name respectively.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02405.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Nodebb	Nodebb

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-34971	Denial-of-service in NodeBB <= v2.8.10 allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash, when invoking `eventName.startsWith()` or `eventName.toString()`, while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing array or object type for the event name respectively.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/37b48b82a4bc7680c6e4c42647209010cb239c2c
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4d2d76897a02e7068ab74c81d17a2febfae8bfb9
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/830f142b7aea2e597294a84d52c05aab3a3539ca
https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-30591/

History

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: STAR_Labs

Published: 2023-09-29T05:06:43.923Z

Updated: 2024-09-23T17:39:24.175Z

Reserved: 2023-04-13T04:12:59.954Z

Link: CVE-2023-30591

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:28:51.967Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-29T06:15:09.870

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:00:28.840

Link: CVE-2023-30591

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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