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CVE-2023-26045

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-26045 is a critical path traversal vulnerability affecting NodeBB forum software versions 2.5.0 through 2.8.6. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript files on the server by crafting a malicious payload that leverages object destructuring in the user export function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.5.0, < 2.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0103 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: nodebbFixed in: 2.8.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-vh2g-6c4x-5hmpcritical

Path traversal and code execution via prototype vulnerability

Jul 25, 2023

References

github.com / NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/ec58700f6dff8e5b4af1544f6205ec362b593092
Patch
github.com / NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-vh2g-6c4x-5hmp
Vendor Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230831-0004