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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2023-4893 EUVD-2023-54732GHSA-5vp5-gwxm-8xrq

Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server Side Request Forgery

Published Sep 12, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Crayon Syntax Highlighter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery via the 'crayon' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.8.4. This can allow authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or above to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
akarmenia Crayon Syntax Highlighter ≤ 2.8.4 —

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