CVE-2023-2850
mediumpriority · track · 19EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
NodeBB is affected by a Cross-Site WebSocket Hijacking vulnerability due to missing validation of the request origin. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows certain user information to be extracted by attacker.
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affected products (6)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-4qcv-qf38-5j3jUnintentional leakage of private information via cross-origin websocket session hijacking2023-07-25ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Private messages or posts might be leaked to third parties if victim opens the attackers site while browsing nodebb. ### Patches * Patched in v3.1.3 * Backported to v2.x line via v2.8.13 ### Workarounds Users can cherry-pick https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/51096ad2345fb1d1380bec0a447113489ef6c359 if they are on v3.x If you are running v2.x of NodeBB, you can cherry-pick a5d92da9ddac5607ab7f737520a66eaed6d3ddee followed by 62e162cf1e735e42462be1db9b4954b5a69accdf
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references (10)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-2850/cnnvd
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/51096ad2345fb1d1380bec0a447113489ef6c359cnnvd
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v3.1.3cnnvd
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-4qcv-qf38-5j3jcnnvd
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/51096ad2345fb1d1380bec0a447113489ef6c359enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v3.1.3enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-4qcv-qf38-5j3jenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/51096ad2345fb1d1380bec0a447113489ef6c359Patchnvd
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