CVE-2022-25887

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Description

The package sanitize-html before 2.7.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure global regular expression replacement logic of HTML comment removal.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.05%
Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory snyk.io Third-Party Advisory snyk.io
Affected: n/a sanitize-html
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SANITIZEHTML-2957526 third party advisory patch
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3008102 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/pull/557 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://github.com/apostrophecms/sanitize-html/commit/b4682c12fd30e12e82fa2d9b766de91d7d2cd23c third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-25887?
CVE-2022-25887 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-25887?
To fix CVE-2022-25887, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-25887 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-25887 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2022-25887?
CVE-2022-25887 affects n/a sanitize-html.
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