Reported vulnerability
Terser < 4.8.1 and 5.0.0-5.14.1 - Regular Expression Denial of Service
Published 15 Jul 2022
Updated 22 Jan 2024
CVE-2022-25858
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Wordfence advisory
medium · CVSS 5.3The package terser before 4.8.1, from 5.0.0 and before 5.14.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure usage of regular expressions. As this package is used in some WordPress plugins, this could result in the impacted plugins being vulnerable.
Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Publisher Media Kit
- Software
- plugin · publisher-media-kit
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.2.1
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.3.0
Recommended action
Update to version 1.3.0, or a newer patched version
Retro Winamp Block
- Software
- plugin · retro-winamp-block
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.0
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.0
Recommended action
Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version
Block for Apple Maps
- Software
- plugin · maps-block-apple
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.0.3
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.1.0
Recommended action
Update to version 1.1.0, or a newer patched version
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter)
- Software
- plugin · autoshare-for-twitter
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.2
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.0
Recommended action
Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version
Further references (1)
Data sources and licences
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Wordfence advisory
low · CVSS 3.7The package terser before 4.8.1, from 5.0.0 and before 5.14.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to insecure usage of regular expressions. Some WordPress plugins and themes use this dependency, however, are not vulnerable to exploitation.
Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Retro Winamp Block
- Software
- plugin · retro-winamp-block
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.1.0
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.0
Recommended action
Update to version 1.2.0, or a newer patched version
Sophi
- Software
- plugin · sophi
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 1.2.0
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.1
Recommended action
Update to version 1.2.1, or a newer patched version
ElasticPress
- Software
- plugin · elasticpress
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 4.2.2
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 4.3.0
Recommended action
Update to version 4.3.0, or a newer patched version
Simple Podcasting
- Software
- plugin · simple-podcasting
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, before 1.2.4
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 1.2.4
Recommended action
Update to version 1.2.4, or a newer patched version
Simple Local Avatars
- Software
- plugin · simple-local-avatars
- Affected versions
- Start version unspecified, through 2.5.0
- Fix availability
- Fix available
- Fixed versions
- 2.6.0
Recommended action
Update to version 2.6.0, or a newer patched version
Further references (1)
Data sources and licences
Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc.
Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.
Read licence termsCopyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation
CVE Usage: MITRE hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE®). Any copy you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you reproduce MITRE's copyright designation and this license in any such copy.
Read licence termsSource: Wordfence
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