{"id":"GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv","summary":"XSS due to lack of CSRF validation for replying/publishing","details":"### Impact\nDue 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.\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to the latest version v0.7.0\n\n### Workarounds\nYou can cherry-pick the following commit: [https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618](https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618)\n\n### References\nVisit https://community.nodebb.org if you have any questions about this issue or on how to patch / upgrade your instance.","aliases":["CVE-2020-15156"],"modified":"2026-07-08T06:00:33.812340417Z","published":"2020-08-26T18:55:38Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-352"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2020-08-26T18:55:19Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/security/advisories/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15156"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/psychobunny/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments/commit/cf43beedb05131937ef46f365ab0a0c6fa6ac618"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodebb-plugin-blog-comments","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/nodebb-plugin-blog-comments"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.7.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/08/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv/GHSA-43m5-c88r-cjvv.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"}]}