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GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv

MediumCVSS 6.8 / 10
Published Aug 26, 2020·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Due to lack of CSRF validation, a logged in user is potentially vulnerable to an XSS attack which could allow a third party to post on their behalf on the forum.

Patches

Upgrade to the latest version v0.7.0

Workarounds

You can cherry-pick the following commit: https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618

References

Visit https://community.nodebb.org if you have any questions about this issue or on how to patch / upgrade your instance.

Risk Scores
Base Score
6.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is difficult for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability and may require special conditions. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
6.2

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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  • CVE-2020-15156
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