CVE-2019-25103
A vulnerability has been found in simple-markdown 0.5.1 and classified as problematic.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability has been found in simple-markdown 0.5.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file simple-markdown.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.5.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220639.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.94% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- khanacademy/simple-markdown
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/commit/89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816Patch
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/releases/tag/0.5.2Release Notes
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220639Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220639Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/commit/89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816Patch
- https://github.com/ariabuckles/simple-markdown/releases/tag/0.5.2Release Notes
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.220639Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.220639Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.