Incorrect Regular Expression in HTML::StripScripts - CVE-2023-24038
Published: February 7, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU72015
CSH Severity: 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-2023-24038
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
HTML::StripScripts
HTML::StripScripts
Software vendor:
Clinton Gormley
Clinton Gormley
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.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.