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

INFO

Published Date :

2025-04-10T06:00:06.303Z

Last Modified :

2025-08-27T12:00:18.812Z

Source :

WPScan
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-13896 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Jgehrcke
  • Wp-geshi-highlight
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URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8b622ea-e090-45ad-8755-b050fc055231/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
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