CVE-2025-50979
NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability
EPSS 0.21%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-50979
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- npm/nodebb—no fix listed
Is CVE-2025-50979 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, <= 4.3.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |