high7.5
CVE-2020-27511
An issue was discovered in the stripTags and unescapeHTML components in Prototype 1.7.3 where an attacker can cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReD…
Impact
An issue was discovered in the stripTags and unescapeHTML components in Prototype 1.7.3 where an attacker can cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) through stripping crafted HTML tags.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Prototypejs | Prototype | Version 1.7.3 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://prototypejs.org/
- https://github.com/prototypejs/prototype/blob/dee2f7d8611248abce81287e1be4156011953c90/src/prototype/lang/string.js#L283
- https://github.com/yetingli/PoCs/blob/main/CVE-2020-27511/Prototype.md
- http://prototypejs.org/
- https://github.com/prototypejs/prototype/blob/dee2f7d8611248abce81287e1be4156011953c90/src/prototype/lang/string.js#L283
- https://github.com/yetingli/PoCs/blob/main/CVE-2020-27511/Prototype.md