CVE-2019-1010257
An Information Disclosure / Data Modification issue exists in article2pdf_getfile.php in the article2pdf Wordpress plugin 0.24, 0.25,…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- dwf
Description
An Information Disclosure / Data Modification issue exists in article2pdf_getfile.php in the article2pdf Wordpress plugin 0.24, 0.25, 0.26, 0.27. A URL can be constructed which allows overriding the PDF file's path leading to any PDF whose path is known and which is readable to the web server can be downloaded. The file will be deleted after download if the web server has permission to do so. For PHP versions before 5.3, any file can be read by null terminating the string left of the file extension.
Timeline
ID reserved
By dwf
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
- Information Disclosure / Data Modification
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
Affected products
article2pdf · article2pdf Wordpress plug-in
- affected 0.24
- affected 0.25
- affected 0.26
- affected 0.27
References (4)
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-download-path-improperly-sanitised/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20190326 [article2pdf (Wordpress plug-in)] Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-1000031, CVE-2019-1010257) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152236/WordPress-article2pdf-0.24-DoS-File-Deletion-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9246 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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