SB2022082431 - Arbitrary account takeover in NodeBB
Published: August 24, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022082431
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36045)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected application.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of weak pseudo-random number generator within the utils.generateUUID function. A remote attacker can use multiple invocations of the password reset functionality to correctly calculate the reset code and take over an arbitrary account on the website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.