CVE-2024-12579

MEDIUM 5.3

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

CVSS Score

5.3

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-400
Vendor	teckel
Product	minify html
Published	Dec 13, 2024
Last Updated	Apr 8, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

teckel / Minify HTML

0 ≤ 2.1.10

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

Pierre Rudloff