CVE-2018-6389
N/A
Published: February 6, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 73%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v ≤ 4.9.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (8)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shivax_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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