CVE-2024-29316 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NodeBB 3.6.7 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control, e.g., a low-privileged attacker can access the restricted tabs for the Admin group via "isadmin":true.

Published: 2024-03-28

Score: 6.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:3.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-qc99-r4wh-c8h6	Incorrect Access Control in NodeBB

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00091.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://medium.com/%40krityamkarma858041/broken-access-control-nodebb-v3-6-7-eebc59c24deb
https://nodebb.org/bounty/

History

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Nodebb Nodebb nodebb
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:3.6.7:::::::*
Vendors & Products		Nodebb Nodebb nodebb

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nodebb Nodebb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-11-15T20:29:31.838Z

Reserved: 2024-03-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-29316

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T01:10:55.157Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-28T23:15:46.470

Modified: 2025-06-30T12:18:59.077

Link: CVE-2024-29316

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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