CVE-2025-23061 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Critical CVE-2025-23061

Mongoose before 8.9.5 can improperly use a nested $where filter...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2025-23061

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from mongoosejs

View All →
CVE-2019-17426
Automattic Mongoose through 5.7.4 allows attackers to bypass access control...
Critical 9.1

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Mongoose
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0.0, 7.0.0, 8.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 15th, 2025
Last Modified: January 15th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1505.003 Web Shell
Persistence
T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact