CVE-2022-23602

Published Feb 1, 2022

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
Nimforum is a lightweight alternative to Discourse written in Nim. In versions prior to 2.2.0 any forum user can create a new thread/post with an include referencing a file local to the host operating system. Nimforum will render the file if able. This can also be done silently by using NimForum's post "preview" endpoint. Even if NimForum is running as a non-critical user, the forum.json secrets can be stolen. Version 2.2.0 of NimForum includes patches for this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as is possible. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.1
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.5
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-22

Configurations