CVE-2018-6389

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• WordPress Core - 'load-scripts.php' Denial of Service2018-02-05 · dos · php

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347
• https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html
• https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva
• https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389
• https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103060
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040347
• https://baraktawily.blogspot.fr/2018/02/how-to-dos-29-of-world-wide-websites.html
• https://github.com/UltimateHackers/Shiva
• https://github.com/WazeHell/CVE-2018-6389
• https://thehackernews.com/2018/02/wordpress-dos-exploit.html
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9021
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43968/