What is CVE-2019-1010257?

CVE-2019-1010257 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Article2pdf WordPress Plug-In, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-1010257?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-1010257 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Article2pdf WordPress Plug-In

CVE-2019-1010257

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-03-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.044 (90.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Article2pdf WordPress Plug-In — versions 0.24, 0.25, 0.26
Article2pdf Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/support/topic/pdf-download-path-improperly-sanitised/ (Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/49 (mailing-list, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/152236/WordPress-article2pdf-0.24-DoS-File-Deleti… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9246 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1010257?: CVE-2019-1010257 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Article2pdf WordPress Plug-In, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-1010257?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-1010257 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.