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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTQzbTUtYzg4ci1janZ2

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

References

Visit https://community.nodebb.org if you have any questions about this issue or on how to patch / upgrade your instance.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTQzbTUtYzg4ci1janZ2
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 3 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 6.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Identifiers: GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv, CVE-2020-15156
References:

• https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/security/advisories/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv
• https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15156
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv

Repository: https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments
Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages