CVE-2018-20463

Jsmol2wp vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

13.1%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Jsmol2wp Project

Affected product

Jsmol2wp

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2018-12-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 13.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-20463

Confirm whether Jsmol2wp Project Jsmol2wp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-20463.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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