CVE-2025-23061

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 v3.1

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

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

7.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-94

Published

2025-01-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• open-flaw/CVE-2025-23061

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-23061.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-11499
• CVE-2020-8158
• CVE-2022-33171
• CVE-2024-53900
• CVE-2025-12758
• CVE-2025-49844