What is CVE-2023-30591?

CVE-2023-30591 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, Inc. Nodebb, classified under CWE-241. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-30591?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-30591 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Nodebb, Inc. Nodebb

CVE-2023-30591

Denial-of-service in NodeBB <= v2.8.10 allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash, when invoking `eventName.startsWith()` or `eventName.toString()`, while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing arr…

EPSS: 0.018 (83.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Nodebb, Inc. Nodebb — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-241

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-30591/ (third-party-advisory)
github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/37b48b82a4bc7680c6e4c42647209010cb239c2c (patch)
github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/830f142b7aea2e597294a84d52c05aab3a3539ca (patch)
github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4d2d76897a02e7068ab74c81d17a2febfae8bfb9 (patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-30591?: CVE-2023-30591 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, Inc. Nodebb, classified under CWE-241. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-30591?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-30591 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.