WPGraphQL <= 1.3.5 - Denial of Service

2021-04-27 00:00

DOLEV FARHI

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.3.6

Affected PluginWPGraphQL

Affected Version<= 1.3.5

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2021-31157

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Vulnerability Overview

The WPGraphQL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Denial of Service via field duplication in versions up to, and including, 1.3.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to rapidly duplicate fields and queries resulting in OOM and MySQL connection errors.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.3.6, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31157 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd22276b-41d4-4795-a79e-d770d0cf4b76

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityLow

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