CVE-2025-27506

Impact

### Summary The API endpoint related to the password reset function is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting. ### Details Throughout the source-code analysis, it has been found that the endpoint /api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/:tokenId is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting. The flaw occurs due to implementation of the client-side template engine ejs, specifically on file resetPassword.ts where the template is using the insecure function “<%-“ https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/ui/auth/resetPassword.ts#L71 which is rendered by the function renderPasswordReset: https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts#L251 ### PoC Send the request below to a vulnerable instance: `/api/v1/db/auth/password/reset/asdsad%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%31%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E/`  ### Impact The vulnerability affect end-users, allowing an attacker to craft and send a malicious link to the victim which leads running script on their browser. ### Credits [l34k3d](https://github.com/xL34K3D) [ottoboni](https://github.com/gabrielott)

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References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• GitHub advisory
• https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/auth.controller.ts#L251
• https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/blob/ba5a191b33259d984fc92df225f7d82ede2ddb56/packages/nocodb/src/modules/auth/ui/auth/resetPassword.ts#L71
• https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/commit/ea821edb133e621e26183ae65c8ff9ee5d6f2723
• https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/security/advisories/GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wf6c-hrhf-86cw
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27506