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1 vulnerability found for TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery by James Charlesworth
CVE-2012-20002 (GCVE-0-2012-20002)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-20 20:31
Modified
2026-10-28 16:39
Severity ?
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Charlesworth | TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery |
Version: 0.10 < 1.1.0 |
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