CVE-2022-46164

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-46164
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-05 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:55:00 UTC
DescriptionNodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. Due to a plain object with a prototype being used in socket.io message handling a specially crafted payload can be used to impersonate other users and takeover accounts. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may cherry-pick commit `48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8` into their codebase to patch the exploit.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-665

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nodebb Nodebb All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
fix: prototype vulnerability in socket.io onMessage · NodeBB/NodeBB@48d1439 · GitHub MISC github.com
Account takeover via prototype vulnerability · Advisory · NodeBB/NodeBB · GitHub MISC github.com
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