Input validation error in Mongoose - CVE-2024-42392

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Input validation error in Mongoose - CVE-2024-42392

Published: November 19, 2024 / Updated: June 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111820
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-42392
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cesanta Software Ltd.
Affected software:
Mongoose

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Improper Neutralization of Delimiters vulnerability in Cesanta Mongoose Web Server v7.14 allows to trigger an infinite loop bug if the input string contains unexpected characters.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-42392

Install update from vendor's website.

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