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WordPress core

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.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
6 Feb 2018
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
WordPressWordPress core · cpe:a:wordpress:wordpress
  • Every version up to 4.9.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6389
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6389