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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-50979

NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories).

Published Aug 27, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 27, 2025 · NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable

Last checked Oct 30, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check this week

CVE-2025-50979 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 10.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High8.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
10.61%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor n/a n/a n/a

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.

Are you affected?

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How to fix CVE-2025-50979

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-50979 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 10.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with n/a n/a n/a n/a. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 10.61%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 27, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Aug 27, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-50979

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-50979

    30-day exploitation probability 10.61%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25915

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 30, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 30, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026