CVE-2013-1892
MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the nativeHelper function in SpiderMonkey, which allows…
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 44.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
MongoDB before 2.0.9 and 2.2.x before 2.2.4 does not properly validate requests to the nativeHelper function in SpiderMonkey, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and server crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted memory address in the first argument.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules1 module
- MongoDB nativeHelper.apply Remote Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/misc/mongod_native_helperRank normaldisclosed 24 Mar 2013
Exploit-DB2 entries
- MongoDB - nativeHelper.apply Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24935remote, linuxpublished 8 Apr 2013Verified
- MongoDB 2.2.3 - nativeHelper.apply Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24947remote, linuxpublished 8 Apr 2013Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 24947 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 24935 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 44.5% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- RHSA-2013:1170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 24947 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130325 Re: CVE Request: Mongo DB (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4539 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://blog.scrt.ch/2013/03/24/mongodb-0-day-ssji-to-rce/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24935 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-9124 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.mongodb.org/about/alerts/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-4531 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1890 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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