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 February 6, 2018

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High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 99.4th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
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EPSS
73%
Percentile
99.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.72671 · 99.4th percentile
Published
2018-02-06T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 FEB 17:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5