01 Record
CVE-2020-15149
Account takeover in NodeBB
CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score9.9 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
02 Description
Account takeover in NodeBB
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-08-19 17:50Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 13:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-06-25
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Critical (CVSS 9.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 55c0a5185394a3a80797a95fc1d0630854ffac2ef3b331f5ecbc3dcf732826af
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-hr66-c8pg-5mg7
- github.comhttps://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c2477d9d5ffc43e5ffeb537ea2ceb4ce9592aa39
- zeroauth.ltdhttps://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/08/20/proof-of-concept-exploit-for-cve-2020-15149-nodebb-arbitrary-user-password-change/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159560/NodeBB-Forum-1.14.2-Account-Takeover.html