CVE-2020-36649
A vulnerability was found in mholt PapaParse up to 5.1.x.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in mholt PapaParse up to 5.1.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file papaparse.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 5.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218004.
- 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
- 1.43% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- papaparse/papaparse
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.218004Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/commit/235a12758cd77266d2e98fd715f53536b34ad621Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/issues/777Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/pull/779Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mholt/PapaParse/releases/tag/5.2.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218004Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.218004Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.