ubuntu-cve-2018-6389
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-02-06 17:29
Modified
2026-05-20 14:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6389",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:50:33Z",
  "published": "2018-02-06T17:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6389"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html"
    },
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      "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6389"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-6389"
  ]
}



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