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.

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Fri, 15 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpgraphql
Wpgraphql wpgraphql
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpgraphql
Wpgraphql wpgraphql

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL 1.3.5 Denial of Service
First Time appeared Wpengine
Wpengine wpgraphql
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpengine:wpgraphql:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpengine
Wpengine wpgraphql
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T18:36:28.171Z

Reserved: 2026-02-01T11:24:18.720Z

Link: CVE-2021-47959

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T19:16:55.643

Modified: 2026-05-15T19:16:55.643

Link: CVE-2021-47959

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T20:30:05Z

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