CVE-2021-34801
Denial of service in Valine
Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.3
Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
- Record
CVE-2021-34801- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
- Record
CVE-2021-34801- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1366 No score
Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1366- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p2c4-gxp4-j3xp
5.3
Denial of service in Valine
Valine is a fast, simple & powerful comment system. Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
- Record
GHSA-p2c4-gxp4-j3xp- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.3
Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
- Record
CVE-2021-34801- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-p2c4-gxp4-j3xp
5.3
Denial of service in Valine
Valine is a fast, simple & powerful comment system. Valine 1.4.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) by supplying a ua (aka User-Agent) value that only specifies the product and version.
- Record
GHSA-p2c4-gxp4-j3xp- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
valinenpm |
through 1.4.14 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-34801 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Valine.js Valine, published June 16, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.72%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.