Vulnerability in Connections-Pro Wp-Syntax
CVE-2024-13926
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.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Connections-Pro Wp-Syntax
- Wp-Syntax — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f0092e-7cd5-412f-a8ea-7bd4a8bf86d2/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-13926?
- CVE-2024-13926 is a high-severity vulnerability in Connections-Pro Wp-Syntax, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-04-19.
- How severe is CVE-2024-13926?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.