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SCA: security update for nodebb (GHSA-wx69-rvg3-x7fc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420173

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Nodebb is an open source Node.js based forum software. In affected versions a prototype pollution
 vulnerability in the uploader module allowed a malicious user to inject arbitrary data (i.e. javascript)
 into the DOM, theoretically allowing for an account takeover when used in conjunction with a path
 traversal vulnerability disclosed at the same time as this report. The vulnerability has been patched as
 of v1.18.5. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible. (CVE-2021-43787)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wx69-rvg3-x7fc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420173

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43787

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43787

cwe: CWE-79