CVE-2021-4305

Low

Description

A vulnerability was found in Woorank robots-txt-guard. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function makePathPattern of the file lib/patterns.js. The manipulation of the argument pattern leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is c03827cd2f9933619c23894ce7c98401ea824020. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217448.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.5
Exploit probability—
ProductBridgeline Robots-txt-guard
PublishedJan 5, 2023
First seenJan 5, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-1333CWE-1333

How to fix

Update
  • bridgeline robots-txt-guard2021-02-07 or later
  • robots-txt-guard1.0.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
bridgeline robots-txt-guardv < 2021-02-072021-02-07
robots-txt-guardnpmv < 1.0.21.0.2

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CVE-2021-4305 · Bridgeline Robots-txt-guard · Dark Radar