7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-21252
"jQuery Validation ReDoS Vulnerability"
Description

The jQuery Validation Plugin provides drop-in validation for your existing forms. It is published as an npm package "jquery-validation". jquery-validation before version 1.19.3 contains one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). This is fixed in 1.19.3.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 13, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 31, 2023, 3:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-21252 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netapp snapcenter
1 Jqueryvalidation jquery_validation
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-21252 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0005/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0005/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapcenter:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0005/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/5d8f29eef363d043a8fec4eb86d42cadb5fa5f7d No Types Assigned https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/5d8f29eef363d043a8fec4eb86d42cadb5fa5f7d Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/pull/2371 No Types Assigned https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/pull/2371 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/security/advisories/GHSA-jxwx-85vp-gvwm No Types Assigned https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/security/advisories/GHSA-jxwx-85vp-gvwm Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.npmjs.com/package/jquery-validation No Types Assigned https://www.npmjs.com/package/jquery-validation Product, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:jqueryvalidation:jquery_validation:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.19.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.41 }} -0.01%

score

0.74518

percentile

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