CVE-2018-6389
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6389
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6389.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6389
- Downstream
- Published
- 2018-02-06T17:29:00.253Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T18:16:09.287279Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347
- https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021
- https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html
- https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva
- https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_RANGE", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.9.2" } ] }
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
-
Show details
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": "CPE_RANGE", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.9.2" } ] }