9.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2022-36045

Published: 31/08/2022 Updated: 06/09/2022
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. It utilizes web sockets for instant interactions and real-time notifications. `utils.generateUUID`, a helper function available in essentially all versions of NodeBB (as far back as v1.0.1 and potentially earlier) used a cryptographically insecure Pseudo-random number generator (`Math.random()`), which meant that a specially crafted script combined with multiple invocations of the password reset functionality could enable an malicious user to correctly calculate the reset code for an account they do not have access to. This vulnerability impacts all installations of NodeBB. The vulnerability allows for an malicious user to take over any account without the involvement of the victim, and as such, the remediation should be applied immediately (either via NodeBB upgrade or cherry-pick of the specific changeset. The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.x and 1.19.x. There is no known workaround, but the patch sets listed above will fully patch the vulnerability.

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Github Repositories

CVE Date reported Date published CVSS score Product CVE-2022-29174 04/05/2022 17/05/2022 81 Countly CVE-2023-31135 03/05/2022 TBD Not patched yet Dgraph CVE-2022-36045 25/05/2022 23/08/22 79 NodeBB