CVE-2021-4305

Woorank robots-txt-guard patterns.js makePathPattern redos

Published Jan 5, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 3.5 Low EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-0360 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-6g33-8w2q-4hxv robots-txt-guard Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity vulnerability
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulDB
Published
Updated
Nov 25, 2024, 5:49 PM
Reserved
Jan 5, 2023, 10:01 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 5, 2023, 11:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:19 AM