CVE-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 stri

high Affects jsmol2wp (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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 stri

Package
jsmol2wp (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
=1.07
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 7.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 13% (96.4th percentile)
Published
2018-12-25
Source
nvd

References

CWE-22
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