CVE-2020-27511
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-27511
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/prototypejs—no fix listed
Is CVE-2020-27511 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |