cve/2024/CVE-2024-46242.md

### [CVE-2024-46242](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-46242)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/salvatore-abello/salvatore-abello