CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6389

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021 Third Party Advisory
https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html Exploit Issue Tracking
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-02-06 05:29

Updated : 2019-03-01 07:07

NVD link : CVE-2018-6389

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6389

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-400