CVE-2025-50979 – nodebb

Package

Manager: npm
Name: nodebb
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <=4.3.0

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:R

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

EPSS: 0.0004 pctl0.11062

Details

NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to inject boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads.

Metadata

Created: 2025-08-27T18:31:55Z
Modified: 2025-08-27T19:28:28Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8/GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-89"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8
Finding: F297
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