CVE-2024-13926
WP-Syntax <= 1.2 - Author+ Potential ReDoS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Apr 19, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 27, 2025
- Reserved
- Mar 13, 2025
Description
The WP-Syntax WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not properly handle input, allowing an attacker to create a post containing a large number of tags, thereby exploiting a catastrophic backtracking issue in the regular expression processing to cause a DoS.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP-SyntaxUnknown |
|
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f0092e-7cd5-412f-a8ea-7bd4a8bf86d2/exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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