CVE-2020-7661

HIGH

Url-regex - Denial of Service

Title source: rule

Description

all versions of url-regex are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service. An attacker providing a very long string in String.test can cause a Denial of Service.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP 82 stars
by spamscanner · poc
https://github.com/spamscanner/url-regex-safe

References (2)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0066
EPSS Percentile 71.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
npm/url-regex 0npm
url-regex_project/url-regex
Published Jun 04, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026