#VU47696 Resource exhaustion in npm-user-validate
Published: October 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU47696
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: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
npm-user-validate
npm-user-validate
Software vendor:
WP Upgrader
WP Upgrader
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 when processing overly long input strings beginning with @ characters. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack (aka REDos vulnerability).
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.