CVE-2024-1892
- Reference to the description:
- Description:
- A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the XMLFeedSpider class of the scrapy/scrapy project, specifically in the parsing of XML content. By crafting malicious XML content that exploits inefficient regular expression complexity used in the parsing process, an attacker can cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability allows for the system to hang and consume significant resources, potentially rendering services that utilize Scrapy for XML processing unresponsive.
- Last updated date:
- 01/10/2025
- Type:
- exploit
- Confidence:
- HIGH
- Date of publishing:
- 01/10/2025
- Reference url to background
https://huntr.com/bounties/271f94f2-1e05-4616-ac43-41752389e26b