terser (JS Package) < 5.14.2 - Denial of Service

2022-07-14 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.0

Affected PluginRetro Winamp Block

Affected Version<= 1.1.0

CVSS3.7Low

CVECVE-2022-25858

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Vulnerability Overview

The package terser before 4.8.1, from 5.0.0 and before 5.14.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure usage of regular expressions. Some WordPress plugins and themes use this dependency, however, are not vulnerable to exploitation.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25858 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1c08c10-7358-4618-b892-7d222ba460de

CVSS Vector

3.7

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityLow

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