Registration interruption via missing CSRF middleware
Published Nov 13, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025
Cross-site request forgery in NodeBB 2.5.0 through 2.5.7 allows remote attackers to interrupt user registration via /register/abort. The POST route invokes registerAbort without applying the CSRF middleware, so a forged request carrying the victim's session cancels the in-progress registration. A victim with an active session must submit the request; the documented effect is limited to blocking registration, not account takeover or data access.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in NodeBB 2.5.0 through 2.5.7 allows remote attackers to interrupt user registration via /register/abort. The POST route invokes registerAbort without applying the CSRF middleware, so a forged request carrying the victim's session cancels the in-progress registration. A victim with an active session must submit the request; the documented effect is limited to blocking registration, not account takeover or data access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3978
- Published
- Nov 13, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2025
- Vendor
- NodeBB
- Product
- NodeBB
- Classifications
- CWE-863, CWE-352
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.5.0
- Affected versionversion=2.5.1
- Affected versionversion=2.5.2
- Affected versionversion=2.5.3
- Affected versionversion=2.5.4
- Affected versionversion=2.5.5
- Affected versionversion=2.5.6
- Affected versionversion=2.5.7
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Public exploit references
- NodeBB /register/abort CSRF reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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