CVE-2013-1892 EXPLOIT
6.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 44.5% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the nativeHelper function in SpiderMonkey, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and server crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted memory address in the first argument.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 44.54% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-10-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mongodb | mongodb |
| redhat | enterprise mrg |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MongoDB - nativeHelper.apply Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2013-04-08 |
| exploit-db | MongoDB 2.2.3 - nativeHelper.apply Remote Code Execution | 2013-04-08 |
References
- http://blog.scrt.ch/2013/03/24/mongodb-0-day-ssji-to-rce/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101630.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101679.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1170.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24935
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24947
- http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/9
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9124
- http://blog.scrt.ch/2013/03/24/mongodb-0-day-ssji-to-rce/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101630.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101679.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1170.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24935
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24947
- http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/25/9
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9124
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