Description

WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL is prone to a Denial of Service vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to cause the affected website to consume memory and CPU resources, thus denying service to legitimate users. WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL version 1.3.5 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.3.6 or latest

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49807

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:95CC88C8-18A3-4937-A6A9-8E80C6E859C5

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-graphql/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-31157 CWE-400 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Denial Of Service