FKIE_CVE-2022-21222

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-09-30 05:15 - Updated: 2025-05-20 16:15
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The package css-what before 2.1.3 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of insecure regular expression in the re_attr variable of index.js. The exploitation of this vulnerability could be triggered via the parse function.
References
report@snyk.iohttps://github.com/fb55/css-what/blob/a38effd5a8f5506d75c7f8f13cbd8c76248a3860/index.js%23L12Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
report@snyk.iohttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00001.html
report@snyk.iohttps://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CSSWHAT-3035488Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/fb55/css-what/blob/a38effd5a8f5506d75c7f8f13cbd8c76248a3860/index.js%23L12Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CSSWHAT-3035488Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
css-what_project css-what *
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    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:css-what_project:css-what:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "004658D4-A63D-4954-A507-A80F9C07B13D",
              "versionEndExcluding": "2.1.3",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
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        }
      ]
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  ],
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "The package css-what before 2.1.3 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of insecure regular expression in the re_attr variable of index.js. The exploitation of this vulnerability could be triggered via the parse function."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El paquete css-what versiones anteriores a 2.1.3, es vulnerable a una Denegaci\u00f3n de Servicio por Expresi\u00f3n Regular (ReDoS) debido al uso de una expresi\u00f3n regular no segura en la variable re_attr del archivo index.js. La explotaci\u00f3n de esta vulnerabilidad podr\u00eda desencadenarse por medio de la funci\u00f3n parse"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2022-21222",
  "lastModified": "2025-05-20T16:15:21.037",
  "metrics": {
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
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          "baseScore": 5.3,
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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