What is CVE-2024-57041?

CVE-2024-57041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2025-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-57041?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

XSS in Nodebb

CVE-2024-57041

A persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in NodeBB v3.11.0 allows remote attackers to store arbitrary code in the 'about me' section of their profile.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2025-01-24 · last modified 2026-07-05.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.393 (98.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.393 · newest: 0.393 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nodebb — versions 3.11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

nodebb.com (Product)
www.tonysec.com/posts/cve-2024-57041/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4e69bff72fd04779064d37e46a43080e6c328adf (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-57041?: CVE-2024-57041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2025-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-57041?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.