title: NodeBB Pre-Authentication Denial-of-Service
description: Denial-of-service in NodeBB <= v2.8.10 allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger a crash, when invoking `eventName.startsWith()` or `eventName.toString()`, while processing Socket.IO messages via crafted Socket.IO messages containing array or object type for the event name respectively.
problem types: CWE-241: Improper Handling of Unexpected Data Type
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: NodeBB
repo: https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB
vendor: NodeBB, Inc.
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 2.8.10, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 7.5
baseSeverity: HIGH
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL