7.5
HIGH
CVE-2025-8263
Prettier Remote Regular Expression Complexity Vulnerability
Description

Rejected reason: ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.

INFO

Published Date :

July 28, 2025, 8:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 2, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8263 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 Prettier prettier

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-8263 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 Rejected by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2025

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

    Aug. 02, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A vulnerability was found in prettier up to 3.6.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function parseNestedCSS of the file src/language-css/parser-postcss.js. The manipulation of the argument node leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Rejected reason: ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.
    Removed CVSS V4.0 VulDB: AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Removed CVSS V3.1 VulDB: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Removed CVSS V2 VulDB: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed CWE VulDB: CWE-400
    Removed CWE VulDB: CWE-1333
    Removed CWE NIST: CWE-1333
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:prettier:prettier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.6.2
    Removed Reference VulDB: https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737
    Removed Reference VulDB: https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737#issue-3238184068
    Removed Reference VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317851
    Removed Reference VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?id.317851
    Removed Reference VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?submit.617593
    Removed Reference Type VulDB: https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking
    Removed Reference Type VulDB: https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737#issue-3238184068 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking
    Removed Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317851 Types: Permissions Required, VDB Entry
    Removed Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?id.317851 Types: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?submit.617593 Types: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-1333
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:prettier:prettier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.6.2
    Added Reference Type VulDB: https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type VulDB: https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737#issue-3238184068 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317851 Types: Permissions Required, VDB Entry
    Added Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?id.317851 Types: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added Reference Type VulDB: https://vuldb.com/?submit.617593 Types: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A vulnerability was found in prettier up to 3.6.2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function parseNestedCSS of the file src/language-css/parser-postcss.js. The manipulation of the argument node leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CWE CWE-1333
    Added Reference https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737
    Added Reference https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/17737#issue-3238184068
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.317851
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.317851
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?submit.617593
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