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.
History

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First Time appeared James Charlesworth
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Wordpress-extensions tinymce Thumbnail Gallery

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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.
Title TinyMCE Thumbnail Gallery WordPress Plugin < 1.1.0 Path Traversal via download-image.php
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-20T20:31:18.351Z

Updated: 2026-10-23T13:28:29.358Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T20:25:21.968Z

Link: CVE-2012-20002

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-20T21:17:10.613

Modified: 2026-10-23T14:17:29.060

Link: CVE-2012-20002

cve-icon Redhat

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