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High
CVE-2020-27511
An issue was discovered in the stripTags and unescapeHTML components...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in the stripTags and unescapeHTML components in Prototype 1.7.3 where an attacker can cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) through stripping crafted HTML tags.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
prototypejs
View all reports →Affected Software
prototype
Vulnerable Versions:
1.7.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 21st, 2021
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.