GI-Media Library < 3.0 - Directory Traversal

Description

The GI-Media Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in versions before 3.0 via the 'fileid' parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · 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 7.5.

Weakness

• CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• zishanj · GI-Media Library

  • affected < 3.0

References (7)

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f80c3b9-5148-42eb-9137-9c538184cda3?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
• http://wordpressa.quantika14.com/repository/index.php?id=24 (opens in a new tab)
• https://github.com/espreto/wpsploit/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_gimedia_library_file_read.rb (opens in a new tab)
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7754 (opens in a new tab)
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/gi-media-library/#developers (opens in a new tab)
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1132677 (opens in a new tab)
• https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_gimedia_library_file_read/ (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 8 Apr 2026, 16:44 UTC.