CVE-2024-13926

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductConnections-pro Wp-syntax
PublishedApr 19, 2025
First seenApr 19, 2025
Weakness typeCWE-1333CWE-1333

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
connections-pro wp-syntaxv ≤ 1.2—

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