Description
MooTools is a collection of JavaScript utilities for JavaScript developers. All known versions include a CSS selector parser that is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). An attack requires that an attacker can inject a string into a CSS selector at runtime, which is quite common with e.g. jQuery CSS selectors. No patches are available for this issue.
Published: 2023-01-03
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-0554 MooTools is a collection of JavaScript utilities for JavaScript developers. All known versions include a CSS selector parser that is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). An attack requires that an attacker can inject a string into a CSS selector at runtime, which is quite common with e.g. jQuery CSS selectors. No patches are available for this issue.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-v63q-hgqc-qvpg MooTools Regular Expression Denial of Service
History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Mootools Mootools
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-10T21:33:30.800Z

Reserved: 2021-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32821

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:33:55.864Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-03T17:15:10.210

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:07:49.157

Link: CVE-2021-32821

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses