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SCA: security update for mongo-express (GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412166
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- mongo-express is a web-based MongoDB admin interface, written with Node.js and express. 1: As mentioned in
this issue: https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577, when the content of a cell grows
larger than supported size, clicking on a row will show full document unescaped, however this needs admin
interaction on cell. 2: Data cells identified as media will be rendered as media, without being sanitized.
Example of different renders: image, audio, video, etc. As an example of type 1 attack, an unauthorized
user who only can send a large amount of data in a field of a document may use a payload with embedded
javascript. This could send an export of a collection to the attacker without even an admin knowing. Other
types of attacks such as dropping a database\collection are possible. (CVE-2021-21422)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 412166
Version: Revision 1.4
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.3
Percentile: 8.67
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21422
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-21422
cwe: CWE-79