Vulnerability in Flavorjones Loofah
CVE-2022-23516
Loofah is a general library for manipulating and transforming HTML/XML documents and fragments, built on top of Nokogiri. Loofah >= 2.2.0, < 2.19.1 uses recursion for sanitizing CDATA sections, making it susceptible to stack exhaustion and…
EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th 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
- Flavorjones Loofah — versions >= 2.2.0, < 2.19.1
- Loofah_project Loofah
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-23516?
- CVE-2022-23516 is a high-severity vulnerability in Flavorjones Loofah, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-14.
- How severe is CVE-2022-23516?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.