CVE-2021-4305 – robots-txt-guard

Package

Manager: npm
Name: robots-txt-guard
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.0.2

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00052 pctl0.1592

Details

robots-txt-guard Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability A vulnerability was found in Woorank robots-txt-guard. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function makePathPattern of the file lib/patterns.js. The manipulation of the argument pattern leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is c03827cd2f9933619c23894ce7c98401ea824020. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217448.

Metadata

Created: 2023-01-05T12:30:27Z
Modified: 2023-01-11T23:01:14Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/01/GHSA-6g33-8w2q-4hxv/GHSA-6g33-8w2q-4hxv.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-1333"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-6g33-8w2q-4hxv
Finding: F211
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