WordPress.Xml.Quadratic.Blowup.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Denial of Service Vulnerability in WordPress and Drupal.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitizing of user supplied inputs in the application. A remote attacker may be able to exploit this to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system.
Affected Products
WordPress versions 3.5 to 3.9
Drupal versions 6.x to 7.x
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Upgrade to the latest version available from the website.
http://wordpress.org/news/2014/08/wordpress-3-9-2/
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-004
Telemetry
Coverage
IPS (Regular DB) | |
IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
Date | Version | Detail |
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2019-02-01 | 14.540 | Name:Wordpress. Xml. Quadratic. Blowup. DoS:WordPress. Xml. Quadratic. Blowup. DoS |