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GHSA-58PF-X5G7-JCFH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-20 21:31 – Updated: 2026-10-20 21:31

Details

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.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

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CVE-2012-20002 (GCVE-0-2012-20002)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-20 20:31 – Updated: 2026-10-20 20:31 X_Known Exploited Vulnerability X_Open Source

Title

TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery WordPress Plugin < 1.1.0 Path Traversal via download-image.php

Summary

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

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6657 records in the last 180 days details

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/113417/	exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19022	exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a49b023-c1c9-4c…	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templa…	technical-description
https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-thumbnail-g…	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/tinymce-thum…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
James Charlesworth	TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery	Affected: 0.10 , < 1.1.0 (semver)

Date Public

2012-05-25 00:00

Credits

Sammy FORGIT The Shadowserver Foundation

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