CVE-2021-23388

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

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Published May 31, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

The package forms before 1.2.1, from 1.3.0 and before 1.3.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via email validation.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

forms

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.2.1
`1.3.0`	affected	< unspecified
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.3.2

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:forms_project:forms::::::node.js::*
	cpe:2.3:a:forms_project:forms::::::node.js::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1307	The package forms before 1.2.1, from 1.3.0 and before 1.3.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via email validation.
Github GHSA	GHSA-c56f-grv3-gpfr	Regular expression denial of service in forms

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.650% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/caolan/forms/pull/214
https://github.com/caolan/forms/pull/214/commits/d4bd5b5febfe49c1f585f162e04ec810f8dc47a0
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-FORMS-1296389

History

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Subscriptions

Forms Project Forms

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:47 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: May 31, 2021, 1:50 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:47 AM
Reserved: Jan 8, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 1, 2021, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:38 AM

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