CVE-2024-13896 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0009.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Jgehrcke	Wp-geshi-highlight

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jgehrcke:wp-geshi-highlight:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Thu, 15 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Jgehrcke Jgehrcke wp-geshi-highlight
Weaknesses		CWE-1333
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:jgehrcke:wp-geshi-highlight::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Jgehrcke Jgehrcke wp-geshi-highlight

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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
Title		WP-GeSHi-Highlight <= 1.4.3 - Author+ ReDoS
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8b622ea-e090-45ad-8755-b050fc055231/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-04-10T06:00:06.303Z

Updated: 2025-08-27T12:00:18.812Z

Reserved: 2025-02-20T18:39:38.739Z

Link: CVE-2024-13896

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-10T13:56:03.088Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-04-10T07:15:41.197

Modified: 2025-05-15T20:55:38.643

Link: CVE-2024-13896

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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