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Vulnerability record · public intelligence
CVE-2021-47959
HIGH

WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL 1.3.5 Denial of Service

Published May 15, 2026 · Updated Nov 3, 2026

Severity · CVSSHIGH · Not scored
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood0.45%
QFinch risk scoreNot available

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Nov 3, 2026

WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL 1.3.5 Denial of Service

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QFinch assessment

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.

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
Review primary references

Evidence coverage

FIRST-EPSSCVE-LIST-V5
SSVC priority
MEDIUM
Confidence
Not available
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. ExploitDB-49807 ↗
  2. Official Product Homepage ↗
  3. VulnCheck Advisory: WordPress Plugin WPGraphQL 1.3.5 Denial of Service ↗

Record history

Published May 15, 2026 · Last refreshed Nov 3, 2026