Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in css-what before 2.1.3 via insecure regular expression in re_attr variable of index.js

Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in css-what before 2.1.3 via insecure regular expression in re_attr variable of index.js

CVE-2022-21222 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

The package css-what before 2.1.3 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the usage of insecure regular expression in the re_attr variable of index.js. The exploitation of this vulnerability could be triggered via the parse function.

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