CVE-2023-25166
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability
formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability
formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-25166- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-0685
formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2023-0685- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg
@sideway/formula contains Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability
Impact
User-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time.
Patches
Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+.
Workarounds
None.
- Record
GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-25166- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability
formula is a math and string formula parser. In versions prior to 3.0.1 crafted user-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time and a denial of service. Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-25166- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg
@sideway/formula contains Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability
Impact
User-provided strings to formula's parser might lead to polynomial execution time.
Patches
Users should upgrade to 3.0.1+.
Workarounds
None.
- Record
GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
@sideway/formulanpm |
before 3.0.1 | 3.0.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-25166 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Awordpresslife Formula, published February 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. Fixed in @sideway/formula 3.0.1.
References
github.com/hapijs/formula/security/advisories/GHSA-c2jc-4fpr-4vhg
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25166