CVE-2020-5243 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in uap-core versions prior to 0.7.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to overload a server by sending maliciously crafted, long User-Agent strings, exploiting regular expression denial of service (REDoS) due to overlapping capture groups. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to a high impact on availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:uap-core_project:uap-core:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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