CVE-2021-31157

WPGraphQL <= 1.3.5 - Denial of Service

mediumUncontrolled Resource Consumption

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.3.6

Patched in

1001d

Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.3.5

PublishedApril 27, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-graphql

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dd22276b-41d4-4795-a79e-d770d0cf4b76?source=api-prod

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