CVE-2021-47959
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.
Published:May 15, 2026
Last Modified:May 15, 2026
EPS:May 15, 2026
EPSS Score:
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Wordpress
Product
Wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress
Vendor
Wpengine
Product
Wpgraphql
Wpengine
Wpgraphql
Vendor
Wpgraphql
Product
Wpgraphql
Wpgraphql
Wpgraphql
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
