Known vulnerabilities in SyntaxHighlighter Evolved

Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. As seen on WordPress.com.

3Reported vulnerabilities

7.2Highest CVSS score

3.7.2Latest version

20,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update SyntaxHighlighter Evolved to 3.7.2 or later. 3 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: March 3, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.7.7 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
WF-e94e39d3-61da-4adb-a89a-97cda4c9203d	High 7.2	—	Before 3.5.1	`3.5.1`	October 21, 2019
CVE-2025-30903	Medium 6.4	0.3%	3.7.1 and earlier	`3.7.2`	March 27, 2025
WF-e6270944-31c0-4d6d-a23f-87fce37ff8b0	Medium 6.1	—	3.1.9 and earlier	`3.1.10`	August 1, 2014

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.