Minify HTML <= 2.1.10 - - Regular Expressions Denial of Service

2024-12-12 00:00

Pierre Rudloff

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.11

Affected PluginMinify HTML

Affected Version<= 2.1.10

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-12579

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Vulnerability Overview

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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.11, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12579 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/80334e81-c33d-464c-9409-f49c34681890

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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