High
Security advisory
In nodebb-plugin-blog-comments before version 0.7.0, a logged in user is vulnerable to an XSS attack which could allow a third party to post on their behalf on the forum. This is due to lack of CSRF validation.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-15156
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In nodebb-plugin-blog-comments before version 0.7.0, a logged in user is vulnerable to an XSS attack which could allow a third party to post on their behalf on the forum. This is due to lack of CSRF validation.
osv:CVE-2020-15156
Complete source record
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"published_at": "2020-08-26T19:15:14.377+00:00"
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