CVE-2019-10758
Code Injection: Is CVE-2019-10758 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.
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signals
public sources
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Patch this first, regardless of the base score.
cisa ssvc
CISA Vulnrichment · assessed
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- medium impact → Attend
- high impact → Act
Track: normal patch cycle · Track*: watch closely · Attend: patch sooner · Act: patch now. About SSVC ↗
public exploits
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affected packages
GHSA-h47j-hc6x-h3qq · GitHub rates it critical- npmmongo-express
- Vulnerable
- < 0.54.0
- Fixed in
- 0.54.0
Source: GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), via OSV.dev. Check your lockfile version against the ranges above.
baseline read
auto · not a community verdict
Real — exploited in the wild
CISA confirms active exploitation. Treat scanner hits as true positives unless your specific version or config is unaffected.
Based on CISA KEV
Confirm or dispute →CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to perform `exec` commands in a non-safe environment.
References
Published · Added to CISA KEV (717 days after publication)
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timeline
- CISA SSVC assessment · exploitation: active
- Added to CISA KEV · confirmed exploited in the wild
- Added to VulnCheck KEV · reported exploited in the wild
- Published by NVD
Score and exploit changes tracked since .
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MongoDB mongo-express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the
toBSONmethod. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2021-12-10) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~85%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage. - 0
Required action for MongoDB mongo-express: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-06-10. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.
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