WordPress Core < 5.0 - Denial of Service
| CVE | CVE-2018-6389 |
|---|---|
| CVSS | 7.5 (High) |
| Publicly Published | February 5, 2018 |
| Last Updated | February 6, 2024 |
| Researcher |
Barak Tawily
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Description
In WordPress before 5.0, 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. It looks like most of the slowness was due to forcing PHP to repeatedly compress the output scripts, which was addressed in 5.0.
References
- www.securityfocus.com
- wpvulndb.com
- www.exploit-db.com
- baraktawily.blogspot.fr
- www.securitytracker.com
- thehackernews.com
- github.com
- github.com
- core.trac.wordpress.org
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Vulnerability Details for WordPress
| Software Type | Core |
|---|---|
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 5.0, or a newer patched version |
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