article2pdf 0.24 - 0.27 - Information Disclosure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2019-1010257
CVSS Critical (9.1)
Publicly Published March 26, 2019
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Christian Lerrahn
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug article2pdf (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • 0.24 - 0.24
  • 0.25 - 0.25
  • 0.26 - 0.26
  • 0.27 - 0.27
Patched Version
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