CVE-2024-13896: WP-GeSHi-Highlight <= 1.4.3 - Author+ ReDoS

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

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13896

Problem Types

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: WP-GeSHi-Highlight — rock-solid syntax highlighting for 259 languages

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 13.16% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13896
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8b622ea-e090-45ad-8755-b050fc055231/

Timeline