6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-3801
Prism Regular Expression Complexity Denial of Service
Description

prism is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 15, 2021, 1:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 29, 2022, 4:52 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-3801 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 Prismjs prism
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-2021-3801.

URL Resource
https://github.com/prismjs/prism/commit/0ff371bb4775a131634f47d0fe85794c547232f9 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/8c16ab31-6eb6-46d1-b9a4-387222fe1b8a Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-3801 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
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:prismjs:prism:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (including) 1.24.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:prismjs:prism:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.25.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE huntr.dev CWE-1333
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-697 CWE-400
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/prismjs/prism/commit/0ff371bb4775a131634f47d0fe85794c547232f9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/prismjs/prism/commit/0ff371bb4775a131634f47d0fe85794c547232f9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://huntr.dev/bounties/8c16ab31-6eb6-46d1-b9a4-387222fe1b8a No Types Assigned https://huntr.dev/bounties/8c16ab31-6eb6-46d1-b9a4-387222fe1b8a Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-697
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:prismjs:prism:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (including) 1.24.1
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.

0.12 }} 0.01%

score

0.46412

percentile

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