Vulnerability · Published Sep 29, 2023 · Assigned by STAR_Labs
CVE-2023-30591NodeBB Pre-Authentication Denial-of-Service
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in NodeBB from NodeBB, Inc.. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 58.7% (higher than 99.1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)58.7%top 0.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NodeBB, Inc. | NodeBB | 0 – through 2.8.10 |
Weakness: CWE-241 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-30591/ third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/37b48b82a4bc7680c6e4c42647209010cb239c2c patch
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/830f142b7aea2e597294a84d52c05aab3a3539ca patch
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4d2d76897a02e7068ab74c81d17a2febfae8bfb9 patch