CVE-2025-23061

CRITICAL NUCLEI

Mongoose < 6.13.6 - Code Injection

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by dajneem23 · poc
https://github.com/dajneem23/CVE-2025-23061

Nuclei Templates (1)

Mongoose - NoSQL Injection
CRITICALVERIFIEDby NamhyunKo
Shodan: title:"Mongoose"
FOFA: title="Mongoose"

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 9.0
EPSS 0.5591
EPSS Percentile 98.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-94
Status published

Affected Products (2)

mongoosejs/mongoose < 6.13.6
npm/mongoose < 8.9.5npm

Timeline

Published Jan 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026