CVE-2022-3978 NodeBB abort cross-site request forgery

What is CVE-2022-3978?

CVE-2022-3978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in unspecified NodeBB, published on 13 Nov 2022. 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

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in NodeBB up to 2.5.7. This affects an unknown part of the file /register/abort. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.5.8 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 2f9d8c350e54543f608d3d4c8e1a49bbb6cdea38. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213555.

Weakness: CWE-352, CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3978?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including nodebb. It affects 1 product.

Products include Nodebb Nodebb.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3978?

Upgrade nodebb to 2.5.8 or later.

Is CVE-2022-3978 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3978 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in unspecified NodeBB

• 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
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Also known as GHSA-5gwx-wf9g-r5mx.