CVE-2019-10758 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting mongo-express versions prior to 0.54.0. It arises from the misuse of the vm dependency to execute commands in an unsafe environment via endpoints utilizing the toBSON method. With a CVSS score of 9.9, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This CVE is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of its use in cryptomining malware and botnets.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.54.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mongo-express_project:mongo-express:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.