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    CVE-2024-13896

    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

    Published:Apr 10, 2025
    Last Modified:Aug 27, 2025
    EPS:Apr 10, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.0009
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Jgehrcke
    Product
    Wp-geshi-highlight

    Exploits

    https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8b622ea-e090-45ad-8755-b050fc055231/https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8b622ea-e090-45ad-8755-b050fc055231/

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-492 Regular Expression Exponential Blowup

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High