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word-wrap vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 22, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 13, 2025

Package

npm word-wrap (npm)

Affected versions

< 1.2.4

Patched versions

1.2.4

Description

All versions of the package word-wrap are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of an insecure regular expression within the result variable.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 22, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 22, 2023
Reviewed Jun 23, 2023
Last updated Feb 13, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(71st percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-26115

GHSA ID

GHSA-j8xg-fqg3-53r7

Source code

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