WordPress.Xml.Quadratic.Blowup.DoS

description-logoDescription

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-logoAffected Products

WordPress versions 3.5 to 3.9
Drupal versions 6.x to 7.x

Impact logoImpact

Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.

recomended-action-logoRecommended 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 logoTelemetry

Coverage

IPS (Regular DB)
IPS (Extended DB)

Version Updates

Date Version Detail
2019-02-01 14.540 Name:Wordpress.
Xml.
Quadratic.
Blowup.
DoS:WordPress.
Xml.
Quadratic.
Blowup.
DoS