CVE-2024-53900

Mongoose before 8.8.3 can improperly use $where in match, leading to search injection.

CVSS v4.0 GitHub

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v3.1 CNA

9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 GitHub

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

3.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 90th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-89

Published

2024-12-02

Updated

2025-01-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (3)

• Gokul-Krishnan-V-R/CVE-2024-539000★ · 2025-04-03
• www-spam/CVE-2024-539000★ · 2025-08-22
• open-flaw/CVE-2025-230610★ · 2025-12-11

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-53900.yaml

Security advisories

• advisories/GHSA-m7xq-9374-9rvx
• Automattic/mongoose/commit/c9e86bff7eef477da75a29af62a06d41a835a156
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose?activeTab=versions

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2025-29927
• CVE-2017-11499
• CVE-2020-8158
• CVE-2022-33171
• CVE-2025-12758
• CVE-2025-23061