Medium, CVSS 6.8npmAmendedPublished
XSS due to lack of CSRF validation for replying/publishing
CVE-2020-15156 · GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv
- Affected
- npm nodebb-plugin-blog-comments < 0.7.0
- Fixed in
- 0.7.0· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Impact Due to lack of CSRF validation, a logged in user is potentially vulnerable to an XSS attack which could allow a third party to post on their behalf on the forum. Patches Upgrade to the latest version v0.7.0 Workarounds You can cherry-pick the following commit: https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618 References Visit https://community.nodebb.org if you have any questions about this issue or on how to patch / upgrade your instance.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 0.7.0 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.