Description
Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a nested $where filter with a populate() match, leading to search injection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-53900.
Published: 2025-01-15
Score: 9 Critical
EPSS: 55.3% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw Mongoose search injection vulnerability
History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mongoosejs:mongoose:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mongoosejs:mongoose:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a $where filter with a populate() match, leading to search injection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-53900. Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a nested $where filter with a populate() match, leading to search injection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-53900.
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a $where filter with a populate() match, leading to search injection. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-53900.
References

Subscriptions

Mongoosejs Mongoose
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-15T15:11:21.314Z

Reserved: 2025-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-23061

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-01-15T15:07:04.256Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-01-15T05:15:10.517

Modified: 2025-10-31T18:56:04.467

Link: CVE-2025-23061

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-06-16T20:37:57Z

Weaknesses