CVE-2020-15149 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2020-15149 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 19/08/2020 | CVE Updated: 04/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2020
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: NodeBB | Product: NodeBB
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2020-15149 Description

NodeBB before version 1.14.3 has a bug introduced in version 1.12.2 in the validation logic that makes it possible to change the password of any user on a running NodeBB forum by sending a specially crafted socket.io call to the server. This could lead to a privilege escalation event due via an account takeover. As a workaround you may cherry-pick the following commit from the project\'s repository to your running instance of NodeBB: 16cee1b03ba3eee177834a1fdac4aa8a12b39d2a. This is fixed in version 1.14.3.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 9.9 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* LOW

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-269
CWE Name: {"CWE-269":"Improper Privilege Management"}
Source: NodeBB

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).