CVE-2025-23061 (GCVE-0-2025-23061)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-15 00:00 – Updated: 2025-01-15 15:11
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Summary
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.
Severity ?
9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
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mongoosejs Mongoose Affected: 6.0.0 , < 6.13.6 (semver)
Affected: 7.0.0 , < 7.8.4 (semver)
Affected: 8.0.0 , < 8.9.5 (semver)
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