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CVE-2018-6389

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 72.67% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-02-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 72.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2018-6389
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
72.67%
WordPress

Original NVD 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.

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