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CVE-2018-6389 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html CVEExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wordpress wordpress
<= 4.9.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-6389
NVD Published Date:
Feb 6, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-6389 Details - Not Deferred