CVE-2025-50979

high · 8.6

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.

8.6

CVSS

10.6%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

96th

EPSS percentile

2025-08-27

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
nodebb	nodebb	4.3.0

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References

https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.md

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2025-50979