CVE-2026-120007 (GCVE-0-2026-120007)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-30 18:52
Modified
2026-10-30 19:42
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Summary
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.
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