VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-47959

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL 1.3.5 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server resources by sending batched GraphQL queries with duplicated fields. Attackers can send POST requests to the GraphQL endpoint with amplified field duplication payloads to trigger server out-of-memory conditions and MySQL connection errors.

Weakness classification

  • disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-770

Primary references