CVE-2018-6389 in wordpress
LogPulse has a published detection rule for this CVE: it raises a notable when someone tries to exploit it.
What the vulnerability is
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 software: wordpress
Scores
- CVSS: 7.5 (high)
- EPSS: 72.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- CISA KEV: Not listed
- Published: 2018-02-06
What LogPulse has for it
- Detection rule: Yes, published
- Agent check (vulnerable version): No
- Mitigation: No
Source data: NIST NVD, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. LogPulse processes new CVEs every hour.
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