Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences in MongoDB Shell - CVE-2025-1693
Published: February 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105121
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-1693
CWE-ID: CWE-150
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to control character injection via shell output. A remote administrator can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected software
MongoDB Shell
How to mitigate CVE-2025-1693
Install updates from vendor's website.
MongoDB Shell - update to 2.3.9