CVE-2016-10533 Information

Description

express-restify-mongoose is a module to easily create a flexible REST interface for mongoose models. express-restify-mongoose 2.4.2 and earlier and 3.0.X through 3.0.1 allows a malicious user to send a request for GET /User?distinct=password and get all the passwords for all the users in the database despite the field being set to private. This can be used for other private data if the malicious user knew what was set as private for specific routes.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/florianholzapfel/express-restify-mongoose/issues/252 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/92

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8