Unrelated forum topic deletion via cascading foreign key
Published Apr 18, 2025 · Updated Apr 18, 2025
Improper topic deletion in NamelessMC Nameless before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause deletion of unrelated forum content. The nl2_topics.topic_last_user foreign key uses ON DELETE CASCADE, so deleting a user row removes every topic whose last-user reference points to that account and then removes the topic's posts. An attacker must post in other users' topics and an administrator must delete the attacker's account; the result is deletion of unrelated topics and comments.
Summary
What happened
Improper topic deletion in NamelessMC Nameless before 2.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause deletion of unrelated forum content. The nl2_topics.topic_last_user foreign key uses ON DELETE CASCADE, so deleting a user row removes every topic whose last-user reference points to that account and then removes the topic's posts. An attacker must post in other users' topics and an administrator must delete the attacker's account; the result is deletion of unrelated topics and comments.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-30357
- Published
- Apr 18, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 18, 2025
- Vendor
- NamelessMC
- Product
- Nameless
- Classifications
- CWE-706, CWE-400, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 2.2.0
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Public exploit references
- GHSA-22mc-7c9m-gv8h technical demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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