CVE-2018-6389
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
Publication date:
06/02/2018
Last modified:
01/03/2019
Description
In WordPress through 4.9.2, unauthenticated attackers can cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by using the large list of registered .js files (from wp-includes/script-loader.php) to construct a series of requests to load every file many times.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9.2 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347
- https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html
- https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva
- https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389
- https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/