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.
CVE-2023-4893 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Server-Side Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin Crayon Syntax Highlighter. It affects Versions up to 2.8.4 and is listed without a confirmed patched release.
CVE-2023-4893 is tracked for the Plugin Crayon Syntax Highlighter as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions up to 2.8.4. No fixed release is listed in this feed entry, so operators should monitor the vendor and reference links before accepting the risk.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
crayon-syntax-highlighter
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-4893 |
| Patched Versions |
No patched versions published.
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.8.4
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Crayon Syntax Highlighter < 2.8.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
Crayon Syntax Highlighter Plugin <= 1.13 - Remote File Inclusion
Crayon Syntax Highlighter <= 2.6.10 - Directory Traversal
Crayon Syntax Highlighter 2.0 - 2.6.10 - Missing Authorization
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