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Vulnerability details: VCID-wjdj-n2qp-u3aw
Vulnerability ID VCID-wjdj-n2qp-u3aw
Aliases CVE-2023-52555
GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7
Summary mongo-express Cross-site Request Forgery vulnerability In mongo-express 1.0.2, /admin allows CSRF, as demonstrated by deletion of a Collection.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00746 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52555
epss 0.00746 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52555
epss 0.00746 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52555
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/1338
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/1338
ssvc Track https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/1338
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52555
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52555
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52555
https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express
https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/1338
CVE-2023-52555 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52555
GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fffg-cwc9-xvj7
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/1338
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-03-01T15:40:23Z/ Found at https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/1338
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52555
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.73458
EPSS Score 0.00746
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:47:16.789218+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/mongo-express/CVE-2023-52555.yml 38.6.0