HIGH 8.7 NVD
CVE-2016-20100
Memphis Documents Library plugin for WordPress before 3.1.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary file
Memphis Documents Library plugin for WordPress before 3.1.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via the mdocs-img-preview parameter. Attackers can send GET requests with traversal sequences to mdocs_img_preview() in mdocs-downloads.php to download wp-config.php containing database credentials. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-22.
References
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpr
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/136374/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/memphis-documents-library/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53999c06-05ca-44f1-b713-1e4d6b4a3f9f
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39593
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.7 was published on 2026-10-20 via NVD.
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