CVE-2018-6389
high · 7.5In 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.
7.5
CVSS
72.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2018-02-06
Published
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | <= 4.9.2 |
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References
- 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/
- 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/
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2018-6389