CVE-2024-47888CWE-1333

Action Text has possible ReDoS vulnerability in plain_text_for_blockquote_node

Medium · published October 16, 2024

CVSS v4.0
6.6
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Action Text brings rich text content and editing to Rails. Starting in version 6.0.0 and prior to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, and 7.2.1.1, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the `plain_text_for_blockquote_node helper` in Action Text. Carefully crafted text can cause the `plain_text_for_blockquote_node` helper to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, or 7.2.1.1 or apply the relevant patch immediately. As a workaround, users can avoid calling `plain_text_for_blockquote_node` or upgrade to Ruby 3.2. Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
EPSS
0.00984 · 62.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Published
2024-10-16T20:31Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 20:31Z
    Action Text has possible ReDoS vulnerability in plain_text_for_blockquote_node
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