HIGH 8.7 NVD
CVE-2012-20002
TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery plugin for WordPress before 1.1.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary file
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.
References
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpr
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-gallery/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4cc4-a2fd-af5f911bb400
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.7 was published on 2026-10-20 via NVD.
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