CVE-2021-21252
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The jQuery Validation Plugin provides drop-in validation for your existing forms. It is published as an npm package "jquery-validation". jquery-validation before version 1.19.3 contains one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service). This is fixed in 1.19.3.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (5)
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- jqueryvalidation jquery validation< 1.19.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jqueryvalidation:jquery_validation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-jxwx-85vp-gvwmRegular Expression Denial of Service in jquery-validation2021-01-13ghsa · osvUS
The GitHub Security Lab team has identified potential security vulnerabilities in jquery.validation. The project contains one or more regular expressions that are vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) This issue was discovered and reported by GitHub team member @erik-krogh (Erik Krogh Kristensen).
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references (21)
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- https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/commit/5d8f29eef363d043a8fec4eb86d42cadb5fa5f7dcnnvd
- https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/pull/2371cnnvd
- https://github.com/jquery-validation/jquery-validation/security/advisories/GHSA-jxwx-85vp-gvwmcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00040.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21252cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210219-0005/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Node-js-jquery-validation-overload-via-Regular-Expression-34637cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.4974cnnvd
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