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ID:2013 - Exploit for Resource exhaustion in WordPress - CVE-2018-6389
ID:2013 - Exploit for Resource exhaustion in WordPress - CVE-2018-6389
Published: March 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10376
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6389
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
WordPress
WordPress
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the server-side static file loading mechanism due to the way a built-in script in WordPress CMS "load-scripts.php" processes user-defined requests. A remote attacker can send force load-scripts.php to call all possible JavaScript files, consume high CPU and server memory and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the server-side static file loading mechanism due to the way a built-in script in WordPress CMS "load-scripts.php" processes user-defined requests. A remote attacker can send force load-scripts.php to call all possible JavaScript files, consume high CPU and server memory and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 4.9.3.