CVE-2025-50979: NodeBB SQL Injection vulnerability

August 27, 2025

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.

References

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

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