Vulnerability in Prismjs Prism

CVE-2021-23341

The package prismjs before 1.23.0 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the prism-asciidoc, prism-rest, prism-tap and prism-eiffel components.

EPSS: 0.032 (86.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23341?
CVE-2021-23341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Prismjs Prism. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-23341?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-23341 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.