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.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2022-36076

• Assigner
• security-advisories@github.com

• Vulnerability Status
• Analyzed

• Published Version
• 2022-09-02T13:15:08

• Last Modified Date
• 2022-09-08T03:23:11

• Version
• 3.1

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack Vector
• NETWORK

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• REQUIRED

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.5

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 1.6

• Impact Score
• 5.9