Mongoose up to 6.13.5/7.8.3/8.9.4 Incomplete Fix CVE-2024-53900 populate where code injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mongoose up to 6.13.5/7.8.3/8.9.4. The affected element is the function populate of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2024-53900. The manipulation of the argument where leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-23061. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Mongoose up to 6.13.5/7.8.3/8.9.4. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function populate of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2024-53900. The manipulation of the argument where with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at npmjs.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-23061 since 01/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.13.6, 7.8.4 or 8.9.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 64a9f9706f2428c49e0cfb8e223065acc645f7bc is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-0106). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Mongoose

Version

• 6.13.0
• 6.13.1
• 6.13.2
• 6.13.3
• 6.13.4
• 6.13.5
• 7.8.0
• 7.8.1
• 7.8.2
• 7.8.3
• 8.9.0
• 8.9.1
• 8.9.2
• 8.9.3
• 8.9.4

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• open-source

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