CVE-2020-15156 – nodebb-plugin-blog-comments

Package

Manager: npm
Name: nodebb-plugin-blog-comments
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.7.0

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00206 pctl0.43047

Details

XSS due to lack of CSRF validation for replying/publishing ### 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](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.

Metadata

Created: 2020-08-26T18:55:38Z
Modified: 2021-01-07T23:39:51Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/08/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-352"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv
Finding: F007
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