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GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7

MEDIUM

GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mongo-express. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

mongo-express Cross-site Request Forgery vulnerability

Also known asCVE-2023-52555
Published
Mar 1, 2024
Updated
Aug 30, 2024
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
None yet
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Aug 30, 2024 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
📦mongo-express

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Description

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

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmmongo-expressall versionsNo fix

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for mongo-express. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Remediation status

    No patched version of mongo-express has shipped for GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

In mongo-express 1.0.2, /admin allows CSRF, as demonstrated by deletion of a Collection.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.

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