CVE-2024-13926 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-13926

WP-Syntax <= 1.2 - Author+ Potential ReDoS

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Pierre Rudloff
  • WPScan

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

WP-Syntax
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 19th, 2025
Last Modified: August 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.