GHSA-fh4m-97qj-ff6cMediumCVSS 6.1
NodeBB before 4.15.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the renderEmoji...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
NodeBB before 4.15.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the renderEmoji function that fails to escape tag.icon.url and tag.name attributes. Attackers can deliver malicious ActivityPub Create/Note objects with crafted emoji tags to inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into stored post content, executing code in all viewers' browsers.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73038
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/14601
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c0d94a217edcafcdb9b3920a6e80935194bcb19e
- https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v4.15.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodebb-stored-xss-via-activitypub-emoji-tag-icon-url-and-tag-name
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fh4m-97qj-ff6c