{"id":"CVE-2022-36076","aliases":["EUVD-2022-6979","GHSA-xmgg-fx9p-prq6"],"status":"published","title":"Account takeover via SSO plugins in NodeBB","description":"NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. Due to an unnecessarily strict conditional in the code handling the first step of the SSO process, the pre-existing logic that added (and later checked) a nonce was inadvertently rendered opt-in instead of opt-out. This re-exposed a vulnerability in that a specially crafted Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack could theoretically take over another user account during the single sign-on process. The issue has been fully patched in version 1.17.2.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00576,"percentile":0.47792,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-352"],"published":"2022-09-02T12:30:14Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:08Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"nodebb","fixed_in":["1.17.2"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"nodebb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.17.1"},{"fixed":"1.17.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"nodebb","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.17.2"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"nodebb","product":"nodebb"}],"references":[{"url":"https://blogs.opera.com/security/2022/03/bug-bounty-adventures-a-nodebb-0-day/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","article"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-xmgg-fx9p-prq6","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a2400f6baff44cb2996487bcd0cc6e2acc74b3d4","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36076","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xmgg-fx9p-prq6"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/36xxx/CVE-2022-36076.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://blogs.opera.com/security/2022/03/bug-bounty-adventures-a-nodebb-0-day","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-36076","title":"Account takeover via SSO plugins in NodeBB","description":"NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. 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It is listed here for completeness and for CVE tracking purposes._\n\n### Impact\nDue to an unnecessarily strict conditional in the code handling the first step of the SSO process, the pre-existing logic that added (and later checked) a nonce was inadvertently rendered opt-in instead of opt-out.\n\nThis re-exposed a vulnerability in that a specially crafted MITM attack could theoretically take over another user account during the single sign-on process.\n\n### Patches\nThe issue has been fully patched as of v1.17.2.\n\nThe patch commit can be found at https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a2400f6baff44cb2996487bcd0cc6e2acc74b3d4\n\n### Workarounds\nSite maintainers can cherry-pick https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a2400f6baff44cb2996487bcd0cc6e2acc74b3d4 into their codebase to patch the exploit.\n\n### References\n* https://blogs.opera.com/security/2022/03/bug-bounty-adventures-a-nodebb-0-day/\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Discuss it on [our community forum](community.nodebb.org/)\n* Email us at [support@nodebb.org](mailto:support@nodebb.org)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-09-16T18:38:45Z","modified":"2023-01-27T05:02:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-352"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:36:20.144464Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-36076","description":"NodeBB Forum Software is powered by Node.js and supports either Redis, MongoDB, or a PostgreSQL database. 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It is listed here for completeness and for CVE tracking purposes._\n\n### Impact\nDue to an unnecessarily strict conditional in the code handling the first step of the SSO process, the pre-existing logic that added (and later checked) a nonce was inadvertently rendered opt-in instead of opt-out.\n\nThis re-exposed a vulnerability in that a specially crafted MITM attack could theoretically take over another user account during the single sign-on process.\n\n### Patches\nThe issue has been fully patched as of v1.17.2.\n\nThe patch commit can be found at https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a2400f6baff44cb2996487bcd0cc6e2acc74b3d4\n\n### Workarounds\nSite maintainers can cherry-pick https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/a2400f6baff44cb2996487bcd0cc6e2acc74b3d4 into their codebase to patch the exploit.\n\n### References\n* https://blogs.opera.com/security/2022/03/bug-bounty-adventures-a-nodebb-0-day/\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Discuss it on [our community forum](community.nodebb.org/)\n* Email us at [support@nodebb.org](mailto:support@nodebb.org)\n","status":"published","published":"2022-09-16T18:38:45Z","modified":"2023-11-08T04:09:59.760111Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-352"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:47:00.198893Z"}]}}