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Critical · 9.0 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2025-23061 BIT-mongoose-2025-23061EUVD-2025-0106GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw

Mongoose search injection vulnerability

Published Jan 15, 2025 · Updated Jan 15, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Vendor: mongoosejs Product: Mongoose Package: mongoose Ecosystem: npm

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
mongoosejs Mongoose 6.0.0 – < 6.13.6, 7.0.0 – < 7.8.4, 8.0.0 – < 8.9.5 6.13.6

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 2 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm mongoose >= 8.0.0-rc0, < 8.9.5 8.9.5 GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw
npm mongoose >= 7.0.0-rc0, < 7.8.4 7.8.4 GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw
npm mongoose < 6.13.6 6.13.6 GHSA-vg7j-7cwx-8wgw

References