# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwmj-2rhq-qpjx

## 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 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1000031?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2019-1010257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1010257/): Path traversal in article2pdf Wordpress plug-in (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-1000031 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1000031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: article2pdf Wordpress plug-in. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1000031/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1000031/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1000031
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1000031
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1000031

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1000031/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.