fix(projection): avoid setting projection to unknown exclusive/inclusive if elemMatch on a Date, ObjectId, etc.

Fix Automattic#14893

Author: vkarpov15

lib/helpers/projection/isExclusive.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const isDefiningProjection = require('./isDefiningProjection');
+const isPOJO = require('../isPOJO');
 
 /*!
  * ignore
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@ module.exports = function isExclusive(projection) {
       // Explicitly avoid `$meta` and `$slice`
       const key = keys[ki];
       if (key !== '_id' && isDefiningProjection(projection[key])) {
-        exclude = (projection[key] != null && typeof projection[key] === 'object') ?
-          isExclusive(projection[key]) :
+        exclude = isPOJO(projection[key]) ?
+          (isExclusive(projection[key]) ?? exclude) :
           !projection[key];
-        break;
+        if (exclude != null) {
+          break;
+        }
       }
     }
   }

test/helpers/projection.isExclusive.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+require('../common'); // required for side-effect setup (so that the default driver is set-up)
+const isExclusive = require('../../lib/helpers/projection/isExclusive');
+
+describe('isExclusive', function() {
+  it('handles $elemMatch (gh-14893)', function() {
+    assert.strictEqual(isExclusive({ field: { $elemMatch: { test: new Date('2024-06-01') } }, otherProp: 1 }), false);
+  });
+});