#VU110141 Inefficient regular expression complexity in Vuejs - CVE-2024-9506

Vulnerability identifier: #VU110141

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9506

CWE-ID: CWE-1333

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Vuejs
Web applications / JS libraries

Vendor: Vuejs

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 with a regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

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

Vulnerable software versions

Vuejs: 2.0.0 - 2.7.16

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External links
https://www.herodevs.com/vulnerability-directory/cve-2024-9506

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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.