Security advisory

{
  "id": "5a73d771134c18a5c23c51e5596316f5851d8525fdb67767026eb1211769369a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-57041",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-57041",
    "summary": "A persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in NodeBB v3.11.0 allows remote attackers to store arbitrary code in the 'about me' section of their profile.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-57041",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-57041",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-57041",
        "GHSA-vqr3-vrrg-f3jh"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/nodebb/nodebb",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "f032da28788eca7ef559bddb00c84fc7b653ed8a"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "4e69bff72fd04779064d37e46a43080e6c328adf"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:3.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.11.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.11.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "4e69bff72fd04779064d37e46a43080e6c328adf"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.11.0",
            "v3.11.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-57041.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.403073860Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.tonysec.com/posts/cve-2024-57041/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/57xxx/CVE-2024-57041.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57041",
        "https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/commit/4e69bff72fd04779064d37e46a43080e6c328adf"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/57xxx/CVE-2024-57041.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-57041",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497030,
  "published_at": "2025-01-24T00:00:00+00:00"
}