{"id":"GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8","summary":"NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability","details":"NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to inject boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads.","aliases":["CVE-2025-50979"],"modified":"2025-08-27T20:14:31.985729Z","published":"2025-08-27T18:31:55Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2025-08-27T19:28:28Z","nvd_published_at":"2025-08-27T18:15:45Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-89"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50979"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.md"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodebb","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/nodebb"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.3.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/08/GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8/GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}