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.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
6.4
EPSS
0.0032
EPSS Percentile
23.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-918
Status
published
Products (2)
akarmenia/Crayon Syntax Highlighter
< 2.8.4
aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter
< 2.8.4
Published
Sep 12, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026