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TI-2020-11921 Aliases CVE-2020-15149

Account takeover in NodeBB

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-287.

Summary

NodeBB before version 1.14.3 has a bug introduced in version 1.12.2 in the validation logic that makes it possible to change the password of any user on a running NodeBB forum by sending a specially crafted socket.io call to the server. This could lead to a privilege escalation event due via an account takeover. As a workaround you may cherry-pick the following commit from the project's repository to your running instance of NodeBB: 16cee1b03ba3eee177834a1fdac4aa8a12b39d2a. This is fixed in version 1.14.3.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02434 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed NodeBB (NodeBB): 1.14.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
NodeBBNodeBB12.2.2 to before 1.14.31.14.3Patch availableCNA
  • NodeBB VendorNodeBB Affected 12.2.2 to before 1.14.3 Fixed in 1.14.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12.2 to before 1.14.3VulnerableNodeBB
  • cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12.2 to before 1.14.3 Vulnerable ·NodeBB

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA NodeBB (NodeBB) Fixed in 1.14.3

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15149

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2023-23124 A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the xmlrpc.php endpoint of NodeBB Inc… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-22808 Account takeover via prototype vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-42173 NodeBB - ActivityPub Author Spoofing via Unvalidated attributedTo Mapped to Local User CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2025-32286 NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2023-14416 NodeBB Pre-Authentication Denial-of-Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-16499 Account takeover via SSO plugins in NodeBB CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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