Medium

mongo-express Cross-site Request Forgery vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 01.03.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

In mongo-express 1.0.2, /admin allows CSRF, as demonstrated by deletion of a Collection.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package mongo-express <= 1.0.2 no fix

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-352
Platform
npm
Package
mongo-express
Disclosed
01.03.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: mongo-express

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
4
First → latest
12.2019 03.2024
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
1

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 1
  2. 2020: 0
  3. 2021: 2
  4. 2022: 0
  5. 2023: 0
  6. 2024: 1
  7. 2025: 0
  8. 2026: 0
  1. mongo-express Cross-site Request Forgery vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2023-52555 <= 1.0.2 no fix
  2. Medium · 4.4 CVE-2021-23372 <= 0.54.0 no fix
  3. High · 8.1 CVE-2021-21422 < 1.0.0-alpha.4 1.0.0-alpha.4
  4. Critical · 9.9 Exploited in attacks CVE-2019-10758 < 0.54.0 0.54.0

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