CVE-2022-46164 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-46164: Account takeover via prototype vulnerability

Vendor Nodebb
Product NodeBB
Weakness CWE-665
Published December 5, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

NodeBB is an open source Node.js based forum software. Due to a plain object with a prototype being used in socket.io message handling a specially crafted payload can be used to impersonate other users and takeover accounts. This vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may cherry-pick commit `48d143921753914da45926cca6370a92ed0c46b8` into their codebase to patch the exploit.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 5, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated