CVE-2023-30591 (GCVE-0-2023-30591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-29 05:06 – Updated: 2024-09-23 17:39
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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)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-241 - Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
NodeBB, Inc. NodeBB Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.8.10 (semver)
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Credits
Ngo Wei Lin (@Creastery) of STAR Labs SG Pte. Ltd. (@starlabs_sg)
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