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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2024-29316

NodeBB 3.6.7 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control, e.g., a low-privileged attacker can access the restricted tabs for the Admin group via "isadmin":true.

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CVE-2024-29316
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3 Nov 2026, 17:17 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-29316

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Mar 2024, 00:00 UTC

NodeBB 3.6.7 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control, e.g., a low-privileged attacker can access the restricted tabs for the Admin group via "isadmin":true.

osv:CVE-2024-29316
Complete source record
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  "id": "61893952c070c0f74dc86fbfbd41cef94dcc7b965e93a40a8cf8ecbb2d38df57",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29316",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-29316",
    "summary": "NodeBB 3.6.7 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control, e.g., a low-privileged attacker can access the restricted tabs for the Admin group via \"isadmin\":true.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-29316",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-29316",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-29316",
        "GHSA-qc99-r4wh-c8h6"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/nodebb/nodebb",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "78b8fab3e77bca6c295246993ac5cd0254300a10"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "78b8fab3e77bca6c295246993ac5cd0254300a10"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nodebb:nodebb:3.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.6.7"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.6.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.6.7",
            "v3.6.7"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-29316.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:30.619885072Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://medium.com/%40krityamkarma858041/broken-access-control-nodebb-v3-6-7-eebc59c24deb",
        "https://nodebb.org/bounty/",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/29xxx/CVE-2024-29316.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29316"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/29xxx/CVE-2024-29316.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-29316",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 497767,
  "published_at": "2024-03-28T00:00:00+00:00"
}