CVE-2025-50979
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BaseFortify

Publication date: 2025-08-27

Last updated on: 2025-09-09

Assigner: MITRE

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.
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Published
2025-08-27
Last Modified
2025-09-09
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2026-06-16
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2025-08-27
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2025-50979
EUVD
EUVD-2025-25915
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nodebb nodebb 4.3.0
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CWE ID Description
CWE-89 The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is an SQL injection in NodeBB version 4.3.0, specifically in the search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, which allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious SQL payloads, including boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based injections.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the database, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, data modification, or data deletion. Since the attack can be performed remotely and without authentication, it poses a significant security risk to the affected system.

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