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CVE-2018-25004

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-25004 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in MongoDB Server versions prior to 4.0.6 and 3.6.11. An authenticated user with specific query privileges can trigger a DoS by executing a generic explain command on a find query. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mongodb:mongodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 3,566 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-mongodb36-mongodb
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud ProvidersFixed in: mongodb

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-25004Moderate

mongodb: Denial of service through generic explain command on a find query

Mar 1, 2021

References

jira.mongodb.org / browse/SERVER-38275
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory