CVE-2021-38244 is a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting cbioportal versions 3.6.21 and older, specifically through a POST request to /ProteinArraySignificanceTest.json. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to a complete 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.6.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cbioportal_project:cbioportal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.