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CVE-2019-25103

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-25103 is a regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting simple-markdown version 0.5.1, specifically within its simple-markdown.js component, which is used in products like Khan Academy's simple_markdown. This vulnerability allows for remote attacks due to inefficient regular expression complexity, leading to a high availability impact. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it poses a significant risk of denial of service. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:khanacademy:simple-markdown:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: simple-markdownFixed in: 0.5.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-gpvj-gp8c-c7p2high

Regular Expression Denial of Service in simple-markdown

Feb 12, 2023

References

github.com / ariabuckles/simple-markdown/commit/89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816
Patch
github.com / ariabuckles/simple-markdown/releases/tag/0.5.2
Release Notes
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory
vuldb.com
Third Party Advisory