CVE-2023-31606
HighPublic PoC
Published: 06 June 2023
Published
06 June 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0091
76.3th percentile
Risk Priority
16
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2023-31606 is a high-severity Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity (CWE-1333) vulnerability in Promptworks Redcloth. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 23.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-1866
Vulnerability details
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the sanitize_html function of redcloth gem v4.0.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
promptworks
redcloth
4.0.0 — 4.3.2
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.