CVE-2019-1010257 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152236/WordPress-article2pdf-0.24-DoS-File-Deletion-Disclosure.html https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/49 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-download-path-improperly-sanitised/ https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9246

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

9.1