CVE-2023-30591 HIGH

CVE-2023-30591: NodeBB Pre-Authentication Denial-of-Service

Vendor Nodebb, Inc.
Product NodeBB
Weakness CWE-241
Published September 29, 2023
Last update September 23, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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 array or object type for the event name respectively.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 29, 2023 CVE published
September 23, 2024 Record updated