rapid7/metasploit-framework — pull request #3624 by FireFart (2014-08-07 09:42:46+00:00)
Title: Added Wordpress XMLRPC DoS

This abuses the currently XMLRPC DoS vulnerability in Wordpress.

Verification steps:
-[ ] Install Wordpress (I used 3.9.1) and disable automatic updates https://www.firefart.at/how-to-install-wordpress/
-[ ] Run the exploit against the installation
-[ ] Watch CPU consumption and MySQL connections running out