CVE-2022-46164 — Account takeover via prototype vulnerability
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…
Published: 2022-12-05 · CVSS: 9.4 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7