CVE-2018-20463

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Published Dec 25, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 13.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. There is an arbitrary file read vulnerability via ../ directory traversal in query=php://filter/resource= in the jsmol.php query string. This can also be used for SSRF.

Analysis

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Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:jsmol2wp_project:jsmol2wp:1.07:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 13.2% (13.187% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9197
https://www.cbiu.cc/2018/12/WordPress%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6jsmol2wp%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E/#%E4%BB%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E8%AF%BB%E5%8F%96-amp-SSRF

History

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Subscriptions

Jsmol2wp Project Jsmol2wp

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:05 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 25, 2018, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:05 PM
Reserved: Dec 25, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:52 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 25, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:52 AM

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