cve/2024/CVE-2024-13896.md

### [CVE-2024-13896](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-13896)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=WP-GeSHi-Highlight%20%E2%80%94%20rock-solid%20syntax%20highlighting%20for%20259%20languages&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-1333%20Inefficient%20Regular%20Expression%20Complexity&color=brightgreen)

### 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

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b8b622ea-e090-45ad-8755-b050fc055231/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.