CVE-2018-20463
There is an arbitrary file read vulnerability via ../ directory traversal in query=php://filter/resource= in the jsmol.php query string.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.19% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- jsmol2wp project/jsmol2wp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 7.3% on 21 September 2026 to 13.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9197Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cbiu.cc/2018/12/WordPress%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6jsmol2wp%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E/#%E4%BB%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E8%AF%BB%E5%8F%96-amp-SSRFExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9197Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cbiu.cc/2018/12/WordPress%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6jsmol2wp%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E/#%E4%BB%BB%E6%84%8F%E6%96%87%E4%BB%B6%E8%AF%BB%E5%8F%96-amp-SSRFExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.