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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | WP-Syntax | ≤ 1.2 | — |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5f0092e-7cd5-412f-a8ea-7bd4a8bf86d2/ exploit vdb-entry technical-description