What is CVE-2024-46242?

CVE-2024-46242 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-46242?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-46242 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in N/a

CVE-2024-46242

An issue in the validate_email function in CTFd/utils/validators/__init__.py of CTFd 3.7.3 allows attackers to cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via supplying a crafted string as e-mail address during registration.

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th 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

N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1333 — Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Public proof-of-concept exploits

salvatore-abello/salvatore-abello

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-46242?: CVE-2024-46242 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-46242?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-46242 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.