CVE-2018-6389 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting WordPress versions through 4.9.2. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this by repeatedly requesting a large number of JavaScript files, leading to significant resource consumption. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this easily exploitable vulnerability (AV:N/AC:L) can completely disrupt affected WordPress sites. While not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-43968), and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.