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CVE-2021-4305 Details

Description

A vulnerability was found in Woorank robots-txt-guard. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function makePathPattern of the file lib/patterns.js. The manipulation of the argument pattern leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is c03827cd2f9933619c23894ce7c98401ea824020. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217448.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/Woorank/robots-txt-guard/commit/c03827cd2f9933619c23894ce7c98401ea824020 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/Woorank/robots-txt-guard/pull/4 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217448 CVEPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217448 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/Woorank/robots-txt-guard/commit/c03827cd2f9933619c23894ce7c98401ea824020 [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-1333Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
bridgeline robots-txt-guard
< 2021-02-07

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:bridgeline:robots-txt-guard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-4305
NVD Published Date:
Jan 5, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]