What is GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8?

GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8 cover?

GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-50979. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8?

GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8 affects 1 product, including: npm/nodebb:\u003c= 4.3.0.

GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8High

NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 27, 2025

Last Modified

August 27, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-50979 →

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/nodebb:<= 4.3.0

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50979
https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.md
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rfh2-8vxq-jqr8