Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-3749 |
CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
axios Web applications / Modules and components for CMS |
Vendor | axios |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU56963
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3749
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the isURLSearchParams function in utils.js. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsaxios: 0.1.0 - 0.21.1
External linkshttp://github.com/axios/axios/commit/5b457116e31db0e88fede6c428e969e87f290929
http://huntr.dev/bounties/1e8f07fc-c384-4ff9-8498-0690de2e8c31
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.