CVE-2024-13896

April 10, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

6.5
Medium

Description

The WP-GeSHi-Highlight — rock-solid syntax highlighting for 259 languages WordPress plugin through 1.4.3 processes user-supplied input as a regular expression via the wp_geshi_filter_replace_code() function, which could lead to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Wordpress
  • Wp-geshi-highlight
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a wordpress wp-geshi-highlight / / / / / / wordpress /

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: April 10, 2025, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified: April 10, 2025, 2:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

contact@wpscan.com

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