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CVE-2023-30591 (GCVE-0-2023-30591)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-29 05:06 – Updated: 2024-09-23 17:39
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-241 - Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type
Assigner
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NodeBB, Inc. | NodeBB |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2.8.10
(semver)
|
Credits
Ngo Wei Lin (@Creastery) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd. (@starlabs_sg)
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