vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-6389): wordpress vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 6, 2018 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 6, 2018
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jun 26, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2018-6389
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-6389
- URL-https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html
- URL-https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html
- URL-https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6389
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