CVE-2018-6389

high-risk
Published 2018-02-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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87.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 13% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
43968
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wordpress

References (16)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347
Exploit https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.htm...
Exploit https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389
Exploit https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html
Third Party Advisory https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347
Exploit https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.htm...
Exploit https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389
Exploit https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html
Third Party Advisory https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/
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high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal