WPGraphQL <= 1.3.5 - Denial of Service

5.3
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVE CVE-2021-31157
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 27, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher DOLEV FARHI

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for WPGraphQL

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-graphql (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.5
Patched Version
  • 1.3.6

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