CVE-2022-36076

NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. Due to an unnecessarily strict conditional in the code handling the first step of the SSO process, the pre-existing logic that added (and later checked) a nonce was inadvertently rendered opt-in instead of opt-out. This re-exposed a vulnerability in that a specially crafted Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack could theoretically take over another user account during the single sign-on process. The issue has been fully patched in version 1.17.2.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - security-advisories@github.com

Published

2022-09-02

Last modified

2025-04-22

Weaknesses

CWE-352

Affected products

• Nodebb (Nodebb)

References

• https://blogs.opera.com/security/2022/03/bug-bounty-adventures-a-nodebb-0-day/
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a2400f6baff44cb2996487bcd0cc6e2acc74b3d4
• https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-xmgg-fx9p-prq6