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CVE-2021-23388

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Published: May 31, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 26.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Regular expression denial of service in forms

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

formsnpmOSS Libraries
formsforms project
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
formsn/a
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
forms projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka forms

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23388
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/caolan/forms/pull/214
github.com
https://github.com/caolan/forms/pull/214/commits/d4bd5b5febfe49c1f585f162e04ec810f8dc47a0
github.com
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Timeline

Published
May 31, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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