CVE-2021-43786
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
API token verification can be bypassed in NodeBB
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | nodebb | >=1.15.0,<1.18.5 | 1.18.5 |
References
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-hf2m-j98r-4fqw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43786
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/04dab1d550cdebf4c1567bca9a51f8b9ca48a500
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/nodebb-remote-code-execution-with-one-shot
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v1.18.5
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.