CVE-2025-50979 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability affecting NodeBB v4.3.0. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit the /api/v3/search/categories endpoint due to improper sanitization of the search query parameter, allowing for boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads. With a CVSS score of 8.6, this vulnerability poses a significant risk, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact and low integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:4.3.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
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