CVE-2019-1000031 Denial of service in article2pdf Wordpress plug-in
Attackers can exhaust disk space by generating PDFs without following redirects, potentially causing denial of service for WordPress sites using the article2pdf plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-1000031?
CVE-2019-1000031 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in article2pdf Wordpress plug-in, published on 27 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A disk space or quota exhaustion issue exists in article2pdf_getfile.php in the article2pdf Wordpress plugin 0.24, 0.25, 0.26, 0.27. Visiting PDF generation link but not following the redirect will leave behind a PDF file on disk which will never be deleted by the plug-in.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1000031?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Article2pdf Project Article2pdf.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1000031?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1000031 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-1000031 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1000031 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in article2pdf Wordpress plug-in
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwmj-2rhq-qpjx.