VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-30591

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability58.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-09-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Denial-of-service in NodeBB <= v2.8.10 allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash, when invoking `eventName.startsWith()` or `eventName.toString()`, while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing array or object type for the event name respectively.

Weakness classification

  • info@starlabs.sg: CWE-241
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-754

Primary references