CVE-2024-13896

WP-GeSHi-Highlight <= 1.4.3 - Author+ ReDoS

Medium · published April 10, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00469 · 39.7th percentile
Published
2025-04-10T06:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 APR 06:00Z
    WP-GeSHi-Highlight <= 1.4.3 - Author+ ReDoS
    cvelistv5