NodeBB 1.18.0 through 4.16.5 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated visitors to act on other accounts…
CVE-2026-120007
NodeBB 1.18.0 through 4.16.5 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated visitors to act on other accounts by supplying a uid during POST /register. Attackers can submit an empty email at the /register/complete interstitial to clear a victim's email and confirmation state and revoke all their sessions.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 6.9 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 30 October 2026
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
- Affected
- NodeBB
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/376d14abb7fffd8ea14f3a2f96baa20ffee5cdb3
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/c3d8dc512292a376f19e06cb93512bdff2505102/src/controllers/authentication.js#L34
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/blob/c3d8dc512292a376f19e06cb93512bdff2505102/src/user/interstitials.js#L124
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodebb-1.18.0-through-4.16.5-authorization-bypass-via-register-complete-uid
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