CVE-2023-4893 (GCVE-0-2023-4893)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-12 01:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:52
VLAI?
Title
Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server Side Request Forgery
Summary
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.
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
akarmenia Crayon Syntax Highlighter Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.8.4 (semver)
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Credits
István Márton
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