CVE-2012-20002TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery WordPress Plugin < 1.1.0 Path Traversal via download-image.php
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, higher than 34% of scored CVEs.
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TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery plugin for WordPress before 1.1.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via the href parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /php/download-image.php with traversal sequences like ../../../../wp-config.php to retrieve database credentials and system files. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.41% (percentile 34)
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 23, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 20, 2026
Affected products
James Charlesworth TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery james_charlesworth:tinymce_thumbnail_gallery (from the name) | from 0.10 before 1.1.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022exploit
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-tinymce-lfi.yamltechnical-description
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery-wordpress-plugin-1.1.0-path-traversal-via-download-image-phpthird-party-advisory
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