Incorrect Regular Expression in HTML::StripScripts - CVE-2023-24038

 

Incorrect Regular Expression in HTML::StripScripts - CVE-2023-24038

Published: February 7, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72015
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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-2023-24038
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Clinton Gormley
Affected software:
HTML::StripScripts

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing untrusted input in _hss_attval_style. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-24038

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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