7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-21306
Marked Regular Expression Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Description

Marked is an open-source markdown parser and compiler (npm package "marked"). In marked from version 1.1.1 and before version 2.0.0, there is a Regular expression Denial of Service vulnerability. This vulnerability can affect anyone who runs user generated code through marked. This vulnerability is fixed in version 2.0.0.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2021, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 11, 2021, 9:53 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-21306 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-21306 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 Marked_project marked
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-21306.

URL Resource
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/commit/7293251c438e3ee968970f7609f1a27f9007bccd Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues/1927 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/pull/1864 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/security/advisories/GHSA-4r62-v4vq-hr96 Third Party Advisory
https://www.npmjs.com/package/marked Product Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

List of RegEx DoS (ReDoS) CVEs and resources

security awesome redos regex dos regex-dos pentesting awesome-list regex-security

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
24 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : June 10, 2021, 1:57 a.m. This repo has been linked 76 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-21306 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-21306 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
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 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/markedjs/marked/commit/7293251c438e3ee968970f7609f1a27f9007bccd No Types Assigned https://github.com/markedjs/marked/commit/7293251c438e3ee968970f7609f1a27f9007bccd Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues/1927 No Types Assigned https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues/1927 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/markedjs/marked/pull/1864 No Types Assigned https://github.com/markedjs/marked/pull/1864 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/markedjs/marked/security/advisories/GHSA-4r62-v4vq-hr96 No Types Assigned https://github.com/markedjs/marked/security/advisories/GHSA-4r62-v4vq-hr96 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.npmjs.com/package/marked No Types Assigned https://www.npmjs.com/package/marked Product, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:marked_project:marked:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions from (including) 1.1.1 up to (excluding) 2.0.0
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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-21306 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-21306 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.22 }} 0.04%

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0.61284

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