CVE-2019-10758

Q: How do I fix CVE-2019-10758?

Upgrade mongo-express to 0.54.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2019-10758 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-10758 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2022-06-10. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

Q: How severe is CVE-2019-10758?

CVE-2019-10758 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2019-10758 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for mongo-express (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

9.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method. A misuse of the `vm` dependency to perform `exec` commands in a non-safe environment.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

mongo-expressNVD

Affected:< 0.54.0Fixed in:0.54.0CVE-2019-10758derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

84.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

MongoDB mongo-express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

mongo-express before 0.54.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via endpoints that uses the `toBSON` method.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-06-10

References

Exploit1

snyk.io

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-94 (Code Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2017-9841	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-1635	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-3248	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2022-22954	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-22204	Medium	6.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-0158	High	8.8	100%	KEV	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2019-10758?

Upgrade mongo-express to 0.54.0 or later.

Is CVE-2019-10758 being actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2019-10758 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation has been observed in the wild. US federal agencies were required to remediate it by 2022-06-10. Treat it as a priority whatever its CVSS score says.

How severe is CVE-2019-10758?

CVE-2019-10758 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.9, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2019-10758 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for mongo-express (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-10-27.