{"id":"CVE-2019-1010257","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-1010257","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:44:03.405Z","title":"An Information Disclosure / Data Modification issue exists in article2pdf_getfile.php in the article2pdf Wordpress plugin 0.24, 0.25, 0.26, 0.27.","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.","published":"2019-03-27T19:30:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:09:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"josh@bress.net","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["article2pdf project/article2pdf"],"epss":{"score":0.04361,"percentile":0.91197,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152236/WordPress-article2pdf-0.24-DoS-File-Deletion-Disclosure.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/49","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-download-path-improperly-sanitised/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9246","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"josh@bress.net"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152236/WordPress-article2pdf-0.24-DoS-File-Deletion-Disclosure.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/49","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-download-path-improperly-sanitised/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9246","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010257","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}