CVE-2020-24391

Description

mongo-express before 1.0.0 offers support for certain advanced syntax but implements this in an unsafe way. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-10769.

How to fix CVE-2020-24391

To remediate CVE-2020-24391, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• npm/mongodb-query-parser—upgrade to 2.0.0 or later

Is CVE-2020-24391 being exploited?

Likely — EPSS is 92.9%, placing CVE-2020-24391 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.0.0

CVSS scores

References (3)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24391
• WEBgithub.com/mongodb-js/query-parser/issues/16
• WEBgithub.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/3a26b079e7821e0e209c3ee0cc2ae15ad467b91a