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CVE-2018-20463

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-20463 is an arbitrary file read vulnerability affecting the JSmol2WP plugin version 1.07 for WordPress, stemming from a directory traversal flaw in the jsmol.php query string. This vulnerability, rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the server and can also be leveraged for Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or KEV listing, Nuclei templates exist for detecting this high-severity vulnerability, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.07CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jsmol2wp_project:jsmol2wp:1.07:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2018-20463 · Aug 19, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1308 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/9197
ExploitThird Party Advisory
cbiu.cc / 2018/12/WordPress%E6%8F%92%E4%BB%B6jsmol2wp%E6%BC%8F%E6%B4%9E
ExploitThird Party Advisory