Title: load.scripts.php DOS Attack
Last modified: February 7, 2018

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# load.scripts.php DOS Attack

 *  Resolved [bcolflesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcolflesh/)
 * (@bcolflesh)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-scripts-php-dos-attack/)
 * Barak Tawily found a simple DOS attack method using load.scripts.php, which apparently
   WordPress refused to fix, so he published – expect attacks using this method 
   to ramp up quickly.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fload-scripts-php-dos-attack%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [mountainguy2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mountainguy2/)
 * (@mountainguy2)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-scripts-php-dos-attack/#post-9949223)
 * Link bait, easily defended with normal rate limiting measures, already covered
   on this forum under another thread: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordfence-patch-dos-issue-cve-2018-6389-automatically/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordfence-patch-dos-issue-cve-2018-6389-automatically/)
 *  Thread Starter [bcolflesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcolflesh/)
 * (@bcolflesh)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-scripts-php-dos-attack/#post-9949260)
 * Thanks, I didn’t see the other post.

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## Tags

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 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [bcolflesh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcolflesh/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-scripts-php-dos-attack/#post-9949260)
 * Status: resolved