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 product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021 | third party advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/ | exploit vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html | issue tracking exploit third party advisory |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html | third party advisory exploit |
| https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389 | third party advisory |
| https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva | third party advisory exploit |