What is CVE-2025-50979?

CVE-2025-50979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2025-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-50979?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-50979 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Nodebb

CVE-2025-50979

NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to inject boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.081 (94.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Nodebb — versions 4.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-50979?: CVE-2025-50979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nodebb, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2025-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-50979?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-50979 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.