CVE-2025-23061

critical · 9

A public exploit / detection template exists

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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

7.3%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

94th

EPSS percentile

2025-01-15

Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
mongoosejs	mongoose	< 6.13.6
mongoosejs	mongoose	>= 7.0.0, < 7.8.4
mongoosejs	mongoose	>= 8.0.0, < 8.9.5

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References

https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/64a9f9706f2428c49e0cfb8e223065acc645f7bc
https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/releases/tag/8.9.5
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose?activeTab=versions

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2025-23061