Vulnerability Name:

CCN-174369

Published:2020-01-14
Updated:2020-01-14
Summary:WordPress is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the system.multicall function in XMLRPC API. By sending specially-crafted pingback.ping requests using the multicall feature, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wp-xmlrpcapi-dos(174369)

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [01-14-2020]
WordPress 5.3 Denial Of Service

Source: CCN
Type: WordPress Web site
WordPress

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    wordpress wordpress 5.3.0