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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-20463

jsmol2wp_project jsmol2wp Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Sep 19, 2024 · catalog updated Sep 19, 2024 · jsmol2wp_project jsmol2wp Improper Limitation

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CVE-2018-20463 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm jsmol2wp_project jsmol2wp Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (jsmol2wp_project jsmol2wp Improper Limitation).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
13.19%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor jsmol2wp_project jsmol2wp

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor jsmol2wp_project jsmol2wpversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-20463

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-20463 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm jsmol2wp_project jsmol2wp Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 13.19%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 19, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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.

  2. Sep 19, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-20463

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-20463

    30-day exploitation probability 13.2%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-20463

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.