CVE-2018-20463 in jsmol2wp project jsmol2wp
LogPulse has a published detection rule for this CVE: it raises a notable when someone tries to exploit it.
What the vulnerability is
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.
Affected software: jsmol2wp project jsmol2wp
Scores
- CVSS: 7.5 (high)
- EPSS: 13.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
- CISA KEV: Not listed
- Published: 2018-12-25
What LogPulse has for it
- Detection rule: Yes, published
- Agent check (vulnerable version): No
- Mitigation: No
Source data: NIST NVD, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. LogPulse processes new CVEs every hour.
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