CVE-2025-50979
HIGH
8.6
CVSS Score
Published: August 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNodeBB
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Severity
HIGH8.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
SSVC
PoC
Description
NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to inject boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.mdSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
8.6HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-89
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