Vulnerability identifier: #VU64913
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
jquery-validation
Web applications /
JS libraries
Vendor: jquery-validation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing untrusted input within a regular expression. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU63477 (CVE-2021-43306).
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
jquery-validation: 1.6.0 - 1.19.4
External links
http://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/releases/tag/1.19.5
http://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/5bbd80d27fc6b607d2f7f106c89522051a9fb0dd
http://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/security/advisories/GHSA-ffmh-x56j-9rc3
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.