GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/03/GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw/GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw
Aliases
Published
2025-03-06T18:52:17Z
Modified
2025-03-06T21:36:42Z
Severity
  • 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
NocoDB Vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting on Reset Password Page
Details

Summary

The API endpoint related to the password reset function is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting.

Details

Throughout the source-code analysis, it has been found that the endpoint /api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/:tokenId is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting.

The flaw occurs due to implementation of the client-side template engine ejs, specifically on file resetPassword.ts where the template is using the insecure function “<%-“ https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/ui/auth/resetPassword.ts#L71
which is rendered by the function renderPasswordReset: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts#L251

PoC

Send the request below to a vulnerable instance: /api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/asdsad%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%31%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E/

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Impact

The vulnerability affect end-users, allowing an attacker to craft and send a malicious link to the victim which leads running script on their browser.

Credits

l34k3d ottoboni

Database specific
{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-03-06T18:52:17Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-03-06T19:15:27Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

npm / nocodb

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.258.0