CVE-2018-6389
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 87.5%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-6389
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/wordpress—no fix listed
Is CVE-2018-6389 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 87.5%, placing CVE-2018-6389 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |