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 (from wp-includes/script-loader.php) to construct a series of requests to load every file many times.

• CWE-400

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/UltimateHackers/ShivaExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389Third Party Advisory
• https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/UltimateHackers/ShivaExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389Third Party Advisory
• https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 6, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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