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CVE-2024-13926: WP-Syntax <= 1.2 - Author+ Potential ReDoS

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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-13926

Problem Types

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affected Products

Vendor: Unknown

Product: WP-Syntax

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 16.46% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13926
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f0092e-7cd5-412f-a8ea-7bd4a8bf86d2/

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