Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.171138
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	NodeBB < 2.8.11 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:	NodeBB is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: NodeBB is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: Unauthenticated attackers can trigger a crash, when invoking eventName.startsWith() or eventName.toString(), while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing array or object type for the event name respectively. Affected Software/OS: NodeBB prior to version 2.8.11. Solution: Update to version 2.8.11 or later. CVSS Score: 7.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-30591 https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/37b48b82a4bc7680c6e4c42647209010cb239c2c https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4d2d76897a02e7068ab74c81d17a2febfae8bfb9 https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/830f142b7aea2e597294a84d52c05aab3a3539ca https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-30591/
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