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CVE-2012-20002

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

High8.7EPSS 0.53%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
VulnCheck

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-20002, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)4.0High8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
VulnCheckCNA (assigner)3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVDNVD · Deferred4.0High8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.

Weakness

Affected products

  • James Charlesworth · TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery

    • affected 0.10 – < 1.1.0

References (6)

Sources

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