9.8

CVE-2022-2564: automattic automattic/mongoose Prototype Pollution

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-f825-f98c-gj3gBIT-mongoose-2022-2564
Published 28-07-2022Last modified 20-11-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2564 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Prototype Pollution vulnerability in automattic automattic/mongoose. EPSS estimates a 31.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
31.30%
0%100%
High · -1.37 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1
CVE-2022-24304

Timeline

  1. 28-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Prototype Pollution in GitHub repository automattic/mongoose prior to 6.4.6.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

31.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-1.37 pp

From 32.68% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
31.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Mongoose

    Maturity: poc

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (huntr.dev)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Automattic1 product
Mongoosejs1 product
Npm1 product
  • mongoose≥ 6.0.0, < 6.4.6 | < 5.13.15

3 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links