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This is fixed in version 1.14.3.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.02434,"percentile":0.84381,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-287"],"published":"2020-08-19T17:50:12Z","modified":"2026-10-20T10:52:49Z","products":[{"vendor":"nodebb","product":"nodebb"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-hr66-c8pg-5mg7","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c2477d9d5ffc43e5ffeb537ea2ceb4ce9592aa39","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix"]},{"url":"https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/08/20/proof-of-concept-exploit-for-cve-2020-15149-nodebb-arbitrary-user-password-change/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159560/NodeBB-Forum-1.14.2-Account-Takeover.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry","advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2020-15149","title":"Account takeover in NodeBB","description":"NodeBB before version 1.14.3 has a bug introduced in version 1.12.2 in the validation logic that makes it possible to change the password of any user on a running NodeBB forum by sending a specially crafted socket.io call to the server. 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