Critical severity · published Jan 15, 2025
CVE-2025-23061
Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a nested $where filter with a populate() match, leading to search injection
9.8
CVSS
7.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.2% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
Mongoose · mongoosejs
6.0.0 before 6.13.6; 7.0.0 before 7.8.4; 8.0.0 before 8.9.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23061
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23061
Release Notes
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Patch
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/64a9f9706f2428c49e0cfb8e223065acc645f7bc
Release Notes
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/releases/tag/8.9.5
Product
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose?activeTab=versions
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