CVE-2020-28500
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
Description
Lodash versions prior to 4.17.21 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the toNumber, trim and trimEnd functions.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:LAvailabilityLow
Weaknesses
Affected Products
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Exploitability
7 exploit sources identified
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References
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://github.com/lodash/lodash/blob/npm/trimEnd.js%23L8
github.com
https://github.com/lodash/lodash/pull/5065
github.com
and 30 more references View all →
Timeline
Published
Feb 15, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024
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