Vulnerability identifier: #VU45806
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
url-regex
Web applications /
Modules and components for CMS
Vendor: Kiwys
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources while processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass a very long string in String.test and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versions
url-regex: 1.0.2 - 5.0.0
External links
http://github.com/kevva/url-regex/issues/70
http://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-URLREGEX-569472
http://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1550
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.