Is CVE-2025-50979 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-50979 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-50979?

CVE-2025-50979 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-50979?

CVE-2025-50979 has an EPSS score of 8.12% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-50979

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

8.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

NodeBB v4.3.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection in its search-categories API endpoint (/api/v3/search/categories). The search query parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing unauthenticated, remote attackers to inject boolean-based blind and PostgreSQL error-based payloads.

CWE-89SQL Injection

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

8.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

https://github.com/4rdr/proofs/blob/main/info/NodeBB-v4.3.0.-SQL-Injection-via-search-parameter.md

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-09-09.