TI-2024-12945 Aliases CVE-2024-13926 GHSA-p6jq-9gcc-mcvx

WP-Syntax <= 1.2 - Author+ Potential ReDoS

HIGH 72CWE-1333Published 2025-04-19 · Updated 2025-08-27

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-1333.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00502 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	WP-Syntax	up to 1.2	—	No fix listed	CNA

WP-Syntax VendorUnknown Affected up to 1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:connections-pro:wp-syntax::::::wordpress::*	up to 1.2	Vulnerable	Connections-pro

cpe:2.3:a:connections-pro:wp-syntax:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.2 Vulnerable ·Connections-pro

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-13926
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p6jq-9gcc-mcvx

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f0092e-7cd5-412f-a8ea-7bd4a8bf86d2/

Sources

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