CVE-2023-52555

Exp

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

Published: 2024-03-01 Last update: 2025-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-52555 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.75%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-52555

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-52555

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-13 1.09% 0.75% -0.34%
2 2026-03-20 0.93% 1.09% +0.16%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.93% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-52555

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-52555

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-52555

GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — mongo-express Cross-site Request Forgery vulnerability

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-52555

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mongo-express_project mongo-express 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mongo-express_project:mongo-express:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-52555

URL Tags
https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/1338 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence