Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) in NodeBB - CVE-2022-36045
Published: August 24, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66746
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36045
CWE-ID: CWE-338
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: NodeBB
Affected software:
NodeBB
NodeBB
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-36045
Install updates from vendor's website.