CVE-2023-31606 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability within the sanitize_html function of the redcloth gem, version 4.0.0, affecting promptworks redcloth. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting a specially crafted payload. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:promptworks:redcloth:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* |
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
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