PT-2025-17359 · WordPress · Wp-Syntax

Pierre Rudloff · Published 2025-04-19 · Updated 2025-05-28 · CVE-2024-13926

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP-Syntax WordPress plugin versions 1.2 and earlier

Description The issue arises from the plugin's improper handling of input, allowing an attacker to create a post with a large number of tags. This exploits a catastrophic backtracking issue in the regular expression processing, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Recommendations For WP-Syntax WordPress plugin version 1.2 and earlier, update to a version that properly handles input to prevent the exploitation of the catastrophic backtracking issue in regular expression processing. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1333

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13926

Affected Products

Wp-Syntax

References · 10

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f0092e-7cd5-412f-a8ea-7bd4a8bf86d2 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13926 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13926 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119023 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/21982 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/123882 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1913488906479161739 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1913675345271935249 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23374 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119113 · Telegram Post