CVE-2024-13896 is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability affecting the WP-GeSHi-Highlight WordPress plugin through version 1.4.3. The plugin improperly processes user-supplied input as a regular expression, leading to the denial of service. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and requires low privileges, potentially causing a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jgehrcke:wp-geshi-highlight:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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