CVE-2024-12579

MEDIUM EPSS 25.1%

Published Dec 13, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

5.3 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Dec 13, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Minify HTML plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.10. This is due to processing user-supplied input as a regular expression. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create comments that can cause catastrophic backtracking and break pages.

CVSS Details

Base Score

5.3

Exploitability

3.9

Impact

1.4

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

25.1% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

References 2

plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3203890/minify-html-markup
wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80334e81-c33d-464c-9409-f49c34681890?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.