Vulnerability in Validate Color Project
CVE-2021-40892
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) vulnerability was discovered in validate-color v2.1.0 when handling crafted invalid rgb(a) strings.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (66.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Validate Color Project — versions 2.1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/yetingli/SaveResults/blob/main/js/validate-color.js (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-40892?
- CVE-2021-40892 is a high-severity vulnerability in Validate Color Project, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-06-24.
- How severe is CVE-2021-40892?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-40892 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.