CVE-2024-46242
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: July 5, 2026 at 01:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCTFd
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
PoC
Description
An issue in the validate_email function in CTFd/utils/validators/__init__.py of CTFd 3.7.3 allows attackers to cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via supplying a crafted string as e-mail address during registration.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-1333
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