MEDIUM5.0

GHSA-pfj7-2qfw-vwgm

NodeBB vulnerable to path traversal in translator module

Quick fix

GHSA-pfj7-2qfw-vwgm — nodebb: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install nodebb@1.18.5

Details

### Impact Prior to v1.18.5, a path traversal vulnerability was present that allowed users to access JSON files outside of the expected `languages/` directory.

### Patches The vulnerability has been patched as of v1.18.5.

### Workarounds Cherry-pick commit hash `c8b2fc46dc698db687379106b3f01c71b80f495f` to receive this patch in lieu of a full upgrade.

### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at [security@nodebb.org](mailto:security@nodebb.org)

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Affected packages

npm/nodebb

Introduced in: 1.0.4Fixed in: 1.18.5

Fixnpm install nodebb@1.18.5

References

https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/security/advisories/GHSA-pfj7-2qfw-vwgm[WEB]
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43788[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/c8b2fc46dc698db687379106b3f01c71b80f495f[WEB]
https://blog.sonarsource.com/nodebb-remote-code-execution-with-one-shot[WEB]
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/releases/tag/v1.18.5[WEB]