Vulnerability identifier: #VU74226
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:
papaparse
Web applications /
JS libraries
Vendor: GabrielL
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a very complex regular expression in papaparse.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and consume extensive system resources, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
papaparse: 5.0.0 - 5.1.1
External links
http://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621
http://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779
http://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777
http://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004
http://vuldb.com/?id.218004
http://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0
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.