CVE-2020-36830

MEDIUM EPSS 51.8%
Published Sep 2, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.3 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Sep 2, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A vulnerability was found in nescalante urlregex up to 0.5.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file index.js of the component Backtracking. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.5.1 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
51.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1333

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
nescalanteurlregex* <0.5.1

References 5

  • github.com https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/commit/e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/pull/8
    Exploit
  • github.com https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/releases/tag/v0.5.1
    Release Notes
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.276269
    Permissions Required
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/?id.276269
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/nescalante/urlregex/commit/e5a085afe6abfaea1d1a78f54c45af9ef43ca1f9
    Patch