Resource exhaustion in Jquery-Validation
CVE-2021-21252
The jQuery Validation Plugin provides drop-in validation for your existing forms. It is published as an npm package "jquery-validation". jquery-validation before version 1.19.3 contains one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). This is fixed in 1.19.3.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Jquery-Validation — versions < 1.19.3
- Jqueryvalidation Jquery Validation
- NetApp Snapcenter
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/security/advisories/GHSA-jxwx-85… (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/pull/2371 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/5d8f29eef363d043a8fec4eb8… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.npmjs.com/package/jquery-validation (Product, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0005/ (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-21252?
- CVE-2021-21252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jquery-Validation, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-01-13.
- How severe is CVE-2021-21252?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.