{"id":"GHSA-h6rp-mprm-xgcq","summary":"plone.rest vulnerable to Denial of Service when ++api++ is used many times","details":"### Impact\nWhen the `++api++` traverser is accidentally used multiple times in a url, handling it takes increasingly longer, making the server less responsive.\n\n### Patches\nPatches will be released in `plone.rest` 2.0.1 and 3.0.1.  Series 1.x is not affected.\n\n### Workarounds\nIn your frontend web server (nginx, Apache) you can redirect `/++api++/++api++` to `/++api++`.","aliases":["CVE-2023-42457","PYSEC-2023-178"],"modified":"2025-02-13T19:36:59.155073Z","published":"2023-09-21T17:06:37Z","database_specific":{"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-09-21T17:06:37Z","nvd_published_at":"2023-09-21T15:15:10Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-400","CWE-770"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/plone/plone.rest/security/advisories/GHSA-h6rp-mprm-xgcq"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42457"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/plone/plone.rest/commit/43b4a7e86206e237e1de5ca3817ed071575882f7"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/plone/plone.rest/commit/77846a9842889b24f35e8bedc2e9d461388d3302"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/plone/plone.rest"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone-rest/PYSEC-2023-178.yaml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"plone-rest","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/plone-rest"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0a1"},{"fixed":"2.0.1"}]}],"versions":["2.0.0","2.0.0a1","2.0.0a2","2.0.0a3","2.0.0a4","2.0.0a5","2.0.0a6.dev0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/09/GHSA-h6rp-mprm-xgcq/GHSA-h6rp-mprm-xgcq.json"}},{"package":{"name":"plone-rest","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/plone-rest"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.0.0"},{"fixed":"3.0.1"}]}],"versions":["3.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/09/GHSA-h6rp-mprm-xgcq/GHSA-h6rp-mprm-xgcq.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U"}]}