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CVE-2020-28501

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28501 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the es6-crawler-detect package prior to version 3.1.3, specifically within the crawlerdetect_project. This flaw arises from a lack of user agent string length limitation when supplied to regex operators, potentially leading to resource exhaustion. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it is a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:crawlerdetect_project:crawlerdetect:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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: es6-crawler-detectFixed in: 3.1.3

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-jxg6-fhwc-9v9cmedium

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in es6-crawler-detect

Apr 13, 2021

References

github.com / JefferyHus/es6-crawler-detect/pull/27
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-ES6CRAWLERDETECT-1051529
ExploitThird Party Advisory