What is CVE-2022-3978?

CVE-2022-3978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-3978?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

CSRF in Nodebb

CVE-2022-3978

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in NodeBB up to 2.5.7. This affects an unknown part of the file /register/abort. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.5.8 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 2f9d8c350e54543f608d3d4c8e1a49bbb6cdea38. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213555.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (26.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Nodebb
Unspecified Nodebb — versions 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cna@vuldb.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cna@vuldb.com (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
cna@vuldb.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cna@vuldb.com (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3978?: CVE-2022-3978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-3978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.