CVE-2019-1000031

Article2pdf vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.7%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

A disk space or quota exhaustion issue exists in article2pdf_getfile.php in the article2pdf Wordpress plugin 0.24, 0.25, 0.26, 0.27. Visiting PDF generation link but not following the redirect will leave behind a PDF file on disk which will never be deleted by the plug-in.

Affected vendor

Article2pdf Project

Affected product

Article2pdf

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

Published

2019-03-27

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1000031

Confirm whether Article2pdf Project Article2pdf is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1000031.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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