#VU64913 Incorrect Regular Expression in jquery-validation - CVE-2022-31147
Published: July 4, 2022 / Updated: July 27, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU64913
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31147
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
jquery-validation
jquery-validation
Software vendor:
jquery-validation
jquery-validation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing untrusted input within a regular expression. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU63477 (CVE-2021-43306).
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.