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...
- Published
- Feb 6, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Feb 5, 2018
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
20- wordpress-CVE-2018-6389Exploit
Metasploit module for WordPress DOS load-scripts.php CVE-2018-638
- wordpress-cve-2018-6389Exploit
CVE-2018-6389 WordPress Core - 'load-scripts.php' Denial of Service <= 4.9.4
- CVE-2018-6389-FIXPatch
Global Fix for Wordpress CVE-2018-6389
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