CVE-2015-3296 NodeBB Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in Markdown Processing

What is CVE-2015-3296?

CVE-2015-3296 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in NodeBB before 0.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) javascript: or (2) data: URLs.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3296?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including nodebb and nodebb-plugin-markdown. It affects 1 product.

Products include Nodebb Nodebb.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3296?

Upgrade nodebb to 0.70 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2015-3296 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3296 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2023-26045 NodeBB vulnerable to path traversal and code execution via prototype vulnerability Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-15149 Account takeover in NodeBB Critical 9.9
• CVE-2023-43187 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-43786 API token verification can be bypassed Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-46164 Account takeover via prototype vulnerability Critical 9.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9g4f-5rpg-4948.